Sentani language

Sentani
Sentani
Native to	West Papua
Region	Lake Sentani, Papua
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1996)[1]
Language family	Northwest Papuan? Demta–Sentani Sentani proper Sentani; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	set
Glottolog	nucl1632

Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of West Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	b	d		k
Fricative	f~ɸ	s			h
Approximant	w	l	j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open(-mid)	ɛ	a

Central Sentani

Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[2]

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p			k
Fricative	f				h
Approximant	w	l	j
Rhotic		r

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open	æ	a

Citations

Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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.

References

Cowan, H. K. J. (1965). Grammar of the Sentani Language (PDF). ’s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff.

External links

Written materials for Sentani are available through Kaipuleohone

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[e18-1] Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Foley-NWNG-2] 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.