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 toPapua New Guinea
RegionGoroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1987)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3aso
Glottologdano1240

Phonology

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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

References

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  1. ^ Dano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Strange, David (April 1992). Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO]. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
  3. ^ Strange, David (1973). Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro. Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 110: De Gruyter, Mouton. pp. 82–97.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)