Orya language

Not to be confused with the Oriya language of India.
Orya
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Papua
Native speakers
(1,600 cited 1985)[1]
Foja Range (Tor–Kwerba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ury
Glottologorya1242

Orya (Oria, or erroneously Uria) is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia. Warpok is the Nimboran name.

Phonology

Consonants:[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless t k ʔ
voiced b d ʤ ɡ
Fricative voiceless s h
voiced z
Liquid l
Semivowel w j
Vowels:[2]
Front Central Back
Open i ɨ u
Mid e o
æ
Close a

References

  1. ^ Orya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.