Kosena language

Kosena
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(2,780 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kze
Glottologkose1239

Kosena is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Kosena [2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Stop p t k g ʔ
Tap ɾ
Fricative f (β) s
Approximant w j

Vowels

Vowels of Kosena [3]
Front Back
High i u
Mid e (eː) o (oː)
Open-Mid ʌ (ʌː)

Notes

  1. ^ Kosena at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Marks 1974, p. 4.
  3. ^ Marks 1974, p. 4.

References

  • Marks, D (1974). "Kosena Grammar" (PDF). Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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