Sentani language

Sentani
Native to Indonesia
Region Lake Sentani, Papua
Native speakers
 30,000 (1996)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 set
Glottolog nucl1632[2]

Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive b d k
Fricative f~ɸ s h
Nasal m n
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ
Open a

[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nuclear Nuclear Sentani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Cowan, H. K. J. (1965). Grammar of the Sentani Language (PDF).
  • Cowan, H. K. J. (1965). Grammar of the Sentani Language (PDF). ’s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff.
  • Written materials for Sentani are available through Kaipuleohone


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