Zia language
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| Zia | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [d̪ia] |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | lower Waria Valley, Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | Zia |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zia |
| Glottolog | ziaa1250 |
Zia is a Papuan language spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).
Orthography
[edit]| Uppercase letters | A | B | D | E | G | I | K | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase letters | a | b | d | e | g | i | k | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | z |
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /b/ | /d/ | /ɛ/ | /ɡ/ | /i/ | /k/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /t̪/ | /u/ | /w/ | /j/ | /dz/ |
References
[edit]- ^ Zia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
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External links
[edit]- "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binadere Languages" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Zia Swadesh List