Dano language

Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Dano
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Gahuku Dano
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aso
Glottolog	dano1240

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	(ɸ)	s		h
	voiced	β	z	ɣ
Nasal		m	n
Approximant			l	(j)
Flap			(ɺ)

• /z, h/ can be pronounced as either [j, ɸ].
• /β, ɣ/ can be palatalized [ʲ] when before back vowels.
• /l/ can also commonly be heard as an alveolar flap [ɺ].
• /ⁿd/ can also be heard as a prenasal dental [ⁿ̪d̪].^[2][3]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a