Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of West Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
Sentani | |
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Native to | West Papua |
Region | Lake Sentani, Papua |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Language family | Northwest Papuan?
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Writing system | Latin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | set |
Glottolog | nucl1632 |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | b | d | k | ||
Fricative | f~ɸ | s | h | ||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open(-mid) | ɛ | a |
Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | p | k | |||
Fricative | f | h | |||
Approximant | w | l | j | ||
Rhotic | r |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | æ | a |
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West Papuan |
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Extended West Papuan |
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