| Ura | |
|---|---|
| Region | New Britain |
Native speakers | (1,900 cited 1991)[1] |
Baining
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | uro |
| Glottolog | urap1240 |
| ELP | Ura (Papua New Guinea) |
Ura (Uramät) is aPapuan language spoken inEast New Britain Province on the island ofNew Britain,Papua New Guinea.Uramät is the autonym of the people.
Ura is alternatively known as Uramet, Uramit, Uramot, Uramät, Auramot and Neu-Pommern.[2]
The following table shows Ura's consonantal phonemes:[3]: 33
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ɡ | |
| Fricative | s | ||||||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ||||||||
The following table shows Ura's vowel phonemes:[3]: 33
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ||
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
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