Sentani language

Sentani
Sentani
Native to	Papua, Indonesia
Region	Lake Sentani, Papua
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1996)
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 Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. 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

[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.