Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Dano | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aso |
| Glottolog | dano1240 |
Phonology
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | (ɸ) | s | h | |
| voiced | β | z | ɣ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | l | (j) | |||
| Flap | (ɺ) | ||||
- /z, h/ can be pronounced as either [j, ɸ].
- /β, ɣ/ can be palatalized [ʲ] when before back vowels.
- /l/ can also commonly be heard as an alveolar flap [ɺ].
- /ⁿd/ can also be heard as a prenasal dental [ⁿ̪d̪].[2][3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
References
edit- ^ Dano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Strange, David (April 1992). Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO]. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
- ^ Strange, David (1973). Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro. Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 110: De Gruyter, Mouton. pp. 82–97.
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