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Kemberano language

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Papuan language

Kemberano
Weriagar, Barau
Native to	West Papua, Indonesia
Region	Bird's Head Peninsula
Native speakers	(2,500 includingDombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Berau Gulf South Bird's Head Nuclear/East Kokoda–Arandai Arandai Kemberano
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bzp`
Glottolog	`kemb1235`
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Coordinates:2°14′S132°59′E / 2.24°S 132.99°E /-2.24; 132.99

Kemberano is aPapuan language of theBird's Head Peninsula ofWest Papua, Indonesia.^[2]

Phonology

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Consonants
		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t̪		k
Plosive/ Affricate	prenasal/vd.	ᵐb~b	ⁿ̪d̪~d̪	dʑ	ᵑɡ~ɡ
Fricative		β	ð		ɣ
Nasal		m	n
Flap			ɾ
Glide		(w)		(j)

Prenasal sounds/ᵐb,ⁿ̪d̪,ᵑɡ/ are mostly heard as prenasal in word-initial position and as voiced stops[b,d̪,ɡ] elsewhere.

/ᵑɡ~ɡ/ can be heard as[ŋ] when the next consonant in a word is/ᵑɡ~ɡ/ or/n/.
Stop sounds/p,k/ can also be heard as affricated sounds[pᶠ,kˣ] in free variation.
Fricatives/β,ð,ɣ/ can also be heard as unarticulated voiced stops[b̚,d̪̚,ɡ̚] when in word-final position.
Glides[w,j] occur as a result of vowels/i,u/ when preceding other vowels, or when in intervocalic positions.

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	(ə)	o
Low		a

The five vowels/i,e,a,o,u/ can be heard as[ɪ,ɛ,ɑ,ɔ,ʊ] in unstressed positions. All of them may also be heard as a mid central[ə] in free variation in unstressed positions.

/a/ can be heard as[æ] when within the vicinity of/i/.
/i/ can be heard as[y] when within the vicinity of/u/.^[3]

Morphology

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Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes:^[2]

–i (masculine nouns)
–o (feminine nouns)

Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):

pogi

pig

enat-i

one-M

References

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^Kemberano atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
^^a ^bHolton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.).The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640.ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
^Voorhoeve, C. L. (1985).Some Notes on the Arandai Language. Irian XIII. pp. 3–40.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

v t e South Bird's Head languages
Inanwatan–Duriankere	Duriankere Inanwatan
Konda–Yahadian	Konda Yahadian
Nuclear South Bird's Head	Kemberano Dombano Kokoda Kaburi Kais Puragi

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