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Kanasi language

Kanasi
Sona
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 2000)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Dagan
    • Kanasi–Ginuman?
      • Kanasi
Language codes
ISO 639-3soq
Glottologkana1288

Kanasi (or Sona) is the easternmost Papuan language of New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open ɑ <a>

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p t k ʔ (unwritten)
Voiced stop b d g
Nasal m n
Trill r
Fricative s (h)
Approximant w ɰ <l>

References

  1. ^ Kanasi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon


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