Shiaxa language
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| Shiaxa | |
|---|---|
| South Awyu | |
| Yenimu | |
| Region | Papua, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 13,000 including Edera[Ethn is broken again] (2002) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aws |
| Glottolog | sout2941 |
Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a Papuan language or languages of Papua, Indonesia. Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are,
- Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Yenimu/Jénimu)
- Ia River Awyu (Shiaxa/Sjìagha)
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
| Fricative | f | s | x | |
| Tap | ɾ | |||
| Glide | w | j | ||
- Word-initial voiced stops /b, d, ɡ/ may have prenasalized allophones when the preceding word within a sentence ends in a vowel.
- /s/ may have an allophone of when preceding /i/, and may also have an affricate allophone in word-initial positions.
- /x/ may be voiced as in intervocalic positions.
- /n/ when in word-final position, may nasalize a preceding vowel .
- In the Yenimu dialect, /ɾ/ may also have lateral allophones as or .
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
References
- ^ Shiaxa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ New Guinea World - Awyu
- ^ Voorhoeve, C. L. (2001). Proto-Awyu-Dumut phonology II. In Andrew Pawley and Malcolm Ross and Darrell Tryon (eds.), The Boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian Linguistics in Honor of Tom Dutton: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 361–381.
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