Waris or Walsa is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
of northern
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
.
It is spoken by about 2,500 people around
Wasengla (), Doponendi ward,
Walsa Rural LLG
Walsa Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Waris languages are spoken in this LLG.
Wards
*01. Doandai ( Auwe-Daonda language speakers)
*02. Smock ( Auwe-Daonda language speakers)
*03. Namola
*04. Da ...
,
Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, and also by about 1,500 across the border in
Waris District, Keerom Regency in the
Indonesia
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n province of
Papua.
Phonology
Vowels
Monophthongs
Diphthongs and triphthongs
There are two
triphthong
In phonetics, a triphthong (, ) (from Greek τρίφθογγος, "triphthongos", literally "with three sounds," or "with three tones") is a monosyllabic vowel combination involving a quick but smooth movement of the articulator from one vowel qu ...
s, and .
Consonants
Classifiers
Classifier prefixes in Waris attach to verbs, and are determined via the physical properties of the object noun phrase being referred to. Many of them have parallels with independent verb roots, which may well be where they had originated from. Examples include:
Many of these prefixes have lexical parallels with verb roots. The list of classifier prefixes is:
:
References
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Border languages (New Guinea)
Languages of western New Guinea
Languages of Sandaun Province