Kwerba language
Papuan language spoken in Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kwerba is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Alternate names are Airmati (Armati), Koassa, Mataweja, Naibedj, Segar Tor, Tekutameso.
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Kwerba | |
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Sasawa | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sarmi Regency, Papua |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1996)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kwe |
Glottolog | nucl1595 |
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Kwerba is spoken in Apiaweti, Aurime, Munukania, Tatsewalem, and Wamariri villages in Sarmi Regency.[2]
More information Labial, Alveolar ...
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive | p pʷ | t | tʃ | k kʷ |
Fricative | s | |||
Nasal | m mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ |
Approximant | w | r | j |
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- The consonants /p k/ can be heard as [ɸ x] intervocalically.
- The plosive and affricate consonants can be aspirated word-finally.
- /s/ sometimes varies to [h] word initially and intervocalically for some speakers.
- /r/ does not occur word-initially.
More information Front, Central ...
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Stress occurs on the penultimate syllable.[3]
Kwerba nominative pronouns as given in Foley (2018):[4]
More information singular, dual ...
singular | dual | plural | ||
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1st person | excl | co | nano’ | nino |
incl | na’no | neno | ||
2nd person | am | nono | nom | |
3rd person | iiniim | iinembwano | iinembwa |
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- Kwerba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- Slizer, Peter J. (1976). Suharno, Ignatius; Pike, Kenneth L. (eds.). "A six-week phonemic analysis of Air Mati with a tentative orthography". From Baudi to Indonesian. Jayapura: Cenderawasih University and Summer Institute of Linguistics: 192–201.
- 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.
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