Yopno language
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| Yopno | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang, Morobe Provinces |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2010)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yut |
| Glottolog | yopn1238 |
Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.[2]
Phonology
[edit]| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d̪ | g | |||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | l̪ | j | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Yopno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
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