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Dedua language

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Dedua
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionHuon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Ethnicity8,900 (2000 census?)[1]
Native speakers
6,500 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ded
Glottologdedu1240

Dedua is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Dzeigoc and Fanic.

Phonology

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The plain linked text shows IPA, while the text in angle brackets shows the orthography. If no angle brackets are shown, the orthography is the same as the IPA.

Vowels

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Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial–velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k k͡p ⟨kp⟩ ʔ ⟨h/c⟩
voiced b d g ɡ͡b ⟨gb⟩
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Fricative f s
Affricate dz
Trill r
Approximant j ⟨y⟩ w

References

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  1. ^ a b Dedua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)