Wano language
| Wano | |
|---|---|
| Region | Highlands of Irian Jaya |
|
Native speakers
|
1,000 (2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | wano1243 |
Wano is a Papuan language of the Indonesian New Guinea Highlands.
As well as the monophthongs described above, Wano also has seven diphthongs: /i̯a/, /ɛi̯/, /ai̯/, /au̯/, /ɔi̯/, /ɔu̯/, and /ui̯/.
The voiced plosives /b/ and /d/ are imploded word-initially and intervocalically.
When a nasal occurs before /p/, /p/ becomes a prenasalized voiced plosive [ᵐb]. Similarly, when a nasal occurs before /t/ or /k/, they become, respectively, [ⁿd] and [ᵑɡ].
/p/, /k/, /ɡ/, and /ɡ/'s allophone, [ᵑɡ] become labialized before /w/, with /ɡ/ becoming [ɣʷ].
The sequences /tj/ and /dj/ become the palatal fricatives /ç ʝ/.
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