Yareba language

Yareba
RegionPapua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 2000)
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3yrb
Glottologyare1248

Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Yareba has 15 phonemic consonants and 5 monophthongs.

Consonants
Labial Coronal Dorsal
Nasal m n
Stop Voiceless t k
Voiced b d g
Affricate dz
Fricative ɸ s
Glide w j
Flap ɾ
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e̞ o̞
Open ä

Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ui, ua, ue.: 87 

References

  1. ↑ Yareba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Weimer, Harry; Weimer, Natalia (1972). "Yareba phonemes". Te Reo. 15: 52–57.
  3. ↑ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. hdl:20.500.12657/23719. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.