| Yaqay | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | South Papua |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jaq |
| Glottolog | yaqa1246 |
Yaqay (Yakhai, Yaqai, Jakai, Jaqai) is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia by over 10,000 people. It is also called Mapi or Sohur; dialects are Oba-Miwamon, Nambiomon-Mabur, Bapai.
According to Ethnologue, Yaqay is spoken along the south coast of Mappi Regency, along the Obaa River north to the Gandaimu area.
The following is the phonology of Yaqay, as defined in Fonologi Bahasa Yakhai.[2]
| Labial | Dental / Alveolar |
Postalveolar / Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | (ŋ ⟨ngg⟩?) | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p ⟨p⟩ | t̪ ⟨t⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | ʔ ⟨-k⟩ | |
| voiced | b ⟨b⟩ | d̪ ⟨d⟩ | d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩ | gʱ ⟨gh⟩ | h ⟨h⟩ | |
| Fricative | f ⟨f⟩ | x ⟨kh⟩ | ||||
| Approximant | w ⟨w⟩ | r ⟨r⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | |||
| Consonant | Beginning | Center | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| /m/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /n/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /p/ | Y | N | N |
| /t/ | Y | Y | N |
| /k/ | Y | N | N |
| /ʔ/ | N | Y | Y |
| /b/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /d/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /d͡ʒ/ | N | Y | N |
| /gʱ/ | N | Y | N |
| /f/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /x/ | Y | N | N |
| /h/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /w/ | Y | Y | N |
| /r/ | Y | Y | Y |
| /j/ | Y | Y | N |
| Consonant | Beginning | Center | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| /t/ | Y | Y | N |
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Close | i ⟨i⟩ | u ⟨u⟩ | ||
| Close mid | e ⟨e⟩ | (ɤ) | o ⟨o⟩ | |
| Open mid | (ɛ) | |||
| Open | a ⟨a⟩ | |||
| Vowel | Beginning | Center | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | Y | N | N |
| /i/ | Y | N | N |
| /u/ | N | N | Y |
| /e/ | Y | N | N |
| /o/ | N | N | Y |
The syllable structure is not explicitly stated, but it appears to be:
Maximum syllable structure: CVNC, as in the word, xobandede, meaning 'squat'.
Minimum syllable structure: CV, as in the word, xa, meaning, 'hole'.