Zia language
| Zia | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [d̪ia] |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | lower Waria Valley, Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | Zia |
Native speakers | (4,500 cited 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
| 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
- ^ Zia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Organised Phonology Data". SIL. 21 September 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
Further reading
- Farr, James; Larsen, Robert. "A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binadere Languages" (PDF). SIL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- "Zia Swadesh List". The Rosetta Project. 16 September 2010 – via Internet Archive.