| Casuarina Coast Asmat | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | AroundCasuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District inAsmat Regency to Minyamur District inMappi Regency,South Papua[1] |
| Ethnicity | Asmat people (Kaweinag) |
Native speakers | (9,000 cited 1991)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | asc |
| Glottolog | casu1237 |
Casuarina Coast Asmat is aPapuan language spoken along theCasuarina Coast ofSouth Papua (in the region around the mouth of thePulau River) by theAsmat people. It is the most divergent of theAsmat languages.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Fricative | f | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||
| Approximant | w | j |
Nasals /m, n/ may fluctuate to prenasal stops [ᵐb, ⁿd] in word-initial positions.[3][4]
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | y | u | |
| Mid | e | ø | o | |
| Low | a | |||
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