Siane language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
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Siane | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Chimbu Province, Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | snp |
Glottolog | sian1257 |
Siane (Siani) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Siane Rural LLG and other neighboring local-level government areas of Papua New Guinea.
Named dialects are Hakoa, Kolepa, Yamofowe, Komongu, Komoigaleka, Kemanimowe, Ona, Keto, Laiya, Fowe, Olumba, Lambau, Alango, Yandime, Wando. Komongu and Lambau are the literary standards.
Like many Papuan languages Siane has a register tone system.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | ɑ |
Consonnes
Bilabial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |||
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Palatal | Velar | ||||
Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | |
Voiced prenasalized | m͡b | n͡d | ŋ͡g | ||
Fricative | f | s | |||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Tap | ɾ | ||||
Semi-vowel | w | j |
References
- ^ Siane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lucht, Ramona (1978). "Siane tone orthography". SIL.
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