Yopno language

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

Yopno
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang, Morobe Provinces
Native speakers
9,000 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yut
Glottologyopn1238

Phonology

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

References

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  1. ^ Yopno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ^ Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

Further reading

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