Dano language

Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology +ConsonantsLabialAlveolarDorsalGlottalPlosivevoicelessprenasalFricativevoiceless()voicedNasalApproximant()Flap()

/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].

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