Dedua language
| Dedua | |
|---|---|
| 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
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
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a |
Consonants
| 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
- ^ a b Dedua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)