Tabla (one of two Papuan languages also known as Tanah Merah) is spoken on the coast of Tanahmerah Bay, close to Jayapura, in northern Papua (Indonesia). It is spoken in Bukia, Depapre, and Wari towns, and 13 villages on north coast. Dialects are Yokari, Tepera, and Yewena-Yongsu.[2]
Tabla | |
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Tanah Merah | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Jayapura Regency, Papua |
Native speakers | (3,800 cited 1990)[1] |
Language family | Northwest Papuan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tnm |
Glottolog | tabl1243 |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k |
voiced | b | d | ||
Fricative | s | |||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Back | a |
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West Papuan |
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