Central Asmat | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Asmat Regency, South Papua |
Ethnicity | Asmat people |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1972)[1] 2,000 Yaosakor (1991), perhaps counted above |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cns – inclusive codeIndividual code: asy – Yaosakor Asmat |
Glottolog | cent2247 |
Central Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people.
Central Asmat has a number of dialects, which are:[2]
Yaosakor Asmat, assigned its own ISO code, is a variety of Central Asmat, not a distinct language.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Nasal | m | n | ||
Plosive | p | t | tʃ | k |
Fricative | f | s | ʝ | |
Rhotic | r | |||
Approximant | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/i/ | [i], [y], [ɪ] |
/e/ | [e], [ɛ], [ø] |
/a/ | [ä], [a], [æ] |
/o/ | [o], [ɤ], [ɔ] |
/u/ | [u], [ʉ] |