Yopno language
Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.[2]
| Yopno | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang, Morobe Provinces |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2010)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yut |
| Glottolog | yopn1238 |
Phonology
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d̪ | g | |||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | l̪ | j | ||||
References
- Yopno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
Further reading
- Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). Cite journal requires
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