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Yopno language

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

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]

Phonology

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

References

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

Further reading