Dedua language
| Dedua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | 8,900 (2000 census?)[1] |
Native speakers | 6,500 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ded |
| Glottolog | dedu1240 |
Dedua is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Dzeigoc and Fanic.
Phonology
Vowels (orthographic)
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a |
Consonants (orthographic)
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless plosive | p | t | k | kp | h/c | |
| Voiced plosive | b | d | g | gb | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ng | |||
| Voiceless fricative | f | s | ||||
| Voiced affricate | dz | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | y | w | ||||
References
- ^ a b Dedua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)