| Kemberano | |
|---|---|
| Weriagar, Barau | |
| Native to | West Papua, Indonesia |
| Region | Bird's Head Peninsula,New Guinea |
Native speakers | (2,500 includingDombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzp |
| Glottolog | kemb1235 |
  Kemberano  Kemberano  Kemberano | |
| 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] It is considered "endangered" byEthnologue.[1]
Kemberano is a member of theTrans–New Guinea languages, spoken on the northwestern corner of the island ofNew Guinea. It is a member of theSouth Bird's Head languages, which are spoken on the south side of theBird's Head peninsula inIndonesia, along the shore of theBerau Gulf. Its speakers are mostly located along the northern coast of the gulf, although some of Kemberano speakers have moved across the gulf to the north side of theBomberai Peninsula, living in a village called Otoweri.[2]: 571, 581 [3]: 8
Kemberano is closely related to its two neighboring languages,Dombano andKokoda, forming either a subfamily of languages or a three-memberdialect continuum calledArandai.[2]: 581
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | |
| 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.
| 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.
Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes:[2]
Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):
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