Wano language


Wano is a Papuan language of the Indonesian New Guinea Highlands.

Phonology

As well as the monophthongs described above, Wano also has seven diphthongs:.

Allophony

The voiced plosives // and // are imploded word-initially and intervocalically.
When a nasal occurs before //, // becomes a prenasalized voiced plosive . Similarly, when a nasal occurs before // or //, they become, respectively, and .
//, //, //, and //'s allophone, become labialized before //, with // becoming .
The sequences /tj/ and /dj/ become the palatal fricatives / /.