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(Redirected from Mawae language) Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea For the people, see Zia people (Papua New Guinea). For Zia Pueblo language, see Keresan languages.
Zia
Pronunciation[d̪ia]
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionlower Waria Valley, Morobe Province
EthnicityZia
Native speakers4,500 (2000)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Zia
  • Mawae
Writing systemLatin
Language codes
ISO 639-3zia
Glottologziaa1250

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/ // /u/ /w/ /j/ /dz/

References

  1. Zia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages

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