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 p ⁿb         *t *ⁿd             k ⁿɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
                                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
               *R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
   β                         x                  
Sibilant fricatives
             *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Waris
UPSID number: 8637
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Papuan, Trans-New Guinea
The languages has 22 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿb] [p] [*ⁿd] [*t] [ⁿɡ] [k] [*s] [β] [x] [*R] [*l] [w] [j] [i] [u] [e] [ə] [o̞] [ɛ] [æ] [ä] [ɒ]
Comments:

Waris is spoken in Amanab District, West Sepik
Province, Papua New Guinea, and adjoining areas of Irian
Jaya, Indonesia. Brown (1988) provides only a list of
phoneme symbols with few definitions. /a/ is described as
low front but seems more likely to be central as there are
two other vowels in the lower front region.
Sources:

Brown, R. 1988. Waris Case System and Verb
Classification. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 19:
37-80.