| Yareba | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts |
Native speakers | (1,200 cited 2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yrb |
| Glottolog | yare1248 |
Yareba, orMiddle Musa, is a language ofPapua New Guinea.
Yareba has 15 phonemic consonants and 5 monophthongs.[2]
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Stop | Voiceless | t | k | |
| Voiced | b | d | g | |
| Affricate | dz | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ||
| Glide | w | j | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | |
| Open | ä |
Yareba allows for thediphthongsai, au, oi, ou, ei, ui, ua, ue.[3]: 87
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