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Yopno language

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Finisterre language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Not to be confused withIsan language.

Yopno
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang,Morobe Provinces
Native speakers	9,000 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Yupna Yopno
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yut`
Glottolog	`yopn1238`

Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of theFinisterre languages ofPapua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.^[2]

Phonology

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Consonants^[3]
		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪			k
Stop	voiced	b	d̪			g
Fricative				s
Nasal		m		n		ŋ
Approximant			l̪		j

References

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^Yopno atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
^"These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Archived fromthe original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved2018-06-20.
^Reed, Wes (2000)."Organised Phonology Data"(PDF).SIL. Retrieved2018-07-23.

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