Dedua language
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| Dedua | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | 8,900 (2000 census?)[1] |
Native speakers | 6,500 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ded |
| Glottolog | dedu1240 |
Dedua is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Dzeigoc and Fanic.
Phonology[edit]
The plain linked text shows IPA, while the text in angle brackets shows the orthography. If no angle brackets are shown, the orthography is the same as the IPA.
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a |
Consonants[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p ⟨kp⟩ | ʔ ⟨h/c⟩ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | ɡ͡b ⟨gb⟩ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | |||||
| Affricate | dz | ||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | j ⟨y⟩ | w | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dedua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)