Binandere language

Binandere is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Binandere has 11 consonants: voiced and voiceless bilabials, alveolars, and velars; voiced labial and alveolar nasals; the flap /ɾ/; the voiced bilabial fricative /β/ and the palatal approximant /j/.

Binandere also has the 5 common vowels /ɑ e i o u/ and their five nasal counterparts.

These vowels can be combined to form up to 11 possible diphthongs:

• Oral: /iu/ /ei/ /eo/ /eu/ /ɑi/ /ɑe/ /ɑo/ /ɑu/ /oi/ /oe/ /ou/
• Nasal: /ẽĩ/ /ɑ̃ĩ/ /ɑ̃õ/ /õũ/

Evolution

Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012):

References

External links

• Doregari Kotopu Anglican Holy Communion in Binandere, digitized by Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers
• Benunu tepo ae sakrament da kandoari ae ekalesia da jimbo nenei ainda book England da ekalesia da jimbo ango (1959) Book of Common Prayer digitized by Richard Mammana
• King, Copland. 1927. Grammar and Dictionary of the Binandere Language, Mamba River, North Division, Papua. Sydney: D.S. Ford. http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=599