Sirva language

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Sirva, or Sileibi, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Sirva
Sileibi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(260 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sbq
Glottologsile1255
ELPSirva

Phonology edit

Vowels edit

[2]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

References edit

  1. ^ Sirva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Daniels, Don Roger (June 2015). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram". Alexandria Digital Research Library: 96.