Korowai | |
---|---|
Kolufaup | |
Region | Becking River, South Papua, Indonesia |
Ethnicity | Korowai |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2007) [1] |
Trans-New Guinea
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
khe |
Glottolog |
koro1312 |
ELP | Korowai |
Korowai (Kolufaup) is a Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t d | ɟ ⟨j⟩ | k g |
Prenasalized | ᵐb ⟨mb⟩ | ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ | ᵑg ⟨ngg⟩ | |
Fricative | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | s | x ⟨kh⟩ | |
Nasal | m | n | ||
Approximant | w | l | j ⟨y⟩, ɥ ⟨hü⟩ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i y ⟨ü⟩ | u | |
Mid-high | e ⟨é⟩ | ( ə ⟨e⟩) | |
Mid-low | ɛ ⟨è⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ | |
Low | a |
Stress is unpredictable and phonemic. [2]
Korowai | |
---|---|
Kolufaup | |
Region | Becking River, South Papua, Indonesia |
Ethnicity | Korowai |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2007) [1] |
Trans-New Guinea
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
khe |
Glottolog |
koro1312 |
ELP | Korowai |
Korowai (Kolufaup) is a Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t d | ɟ ⟨j⟩ | k g |
Prenasalized | ᵐb ⟨mb⟩ | ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ | ᵑg ⟨ngg⟩ | |
Fricative | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | s | x ⟨kh⟩ | |
Nasal | m | n | ||
Approximant | w | l | j ⟨y⟩, ɥ ⟨hü⟩ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i y ⟨ü⟩ | u | |
Mid-high | e ⟨é⟩ | ( ə ⟨e⟩) | |
Mid-low | ɛ ⟨è⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ | |
Low | a |
Stress is unpredictable and phonemic. [2]