Kwerba is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...
of
Indonesia
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. Alternate names are ''Airmati (Armati), Koassa, Mataweja, Naibedj, Segar Tor, Tekutameso''.
Kwerba is spoken in Apiaweti, Aurime, Munukania, Tatsewalem, and Wamariri villages in
Sarmi Regency
Sarmi Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the western districts which had until then been part of Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 18,034.0 km2 ...
.
Phonology
* The consonants /p k/ can be heard as
� xintervocalically.
* The plosive and affricate consonants can be aspirated word-finally.
* /s/ sometimes varies to
word initially and intervocalically for some speakers.
* /r/ does not occur word-initially.
Stress occurs on the penultimate syllable.
Pronouns
Kwerba nominative pronouns as given in Foley (2018):
:
References
Languages of Western New Guinea
Kwerba languages
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