Dano language
{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Dano
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
|speakers=30,000
|date=1987
|ref = e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Kainantu–Goroka
|fam3=Goroka
|fam4=Gahuku
|script=Latin
|iso3=aso
|glotto=dano1240
|glottorefname=Dano
}}
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
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|+Consonants ! colspan="2" | |
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
|---|
| prenasal
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Fricative
!voiceless |({{IPA link|ɸ}}) |{{IPA link|s}} | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| voiced
|{{IPA link|β}} |{{IPA link|z}} |{{IPA link|ɣ}} | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
| |{{IPA link|l}} |({{IPA link|j}}) | |
| colspan="2" |Flap
| |({{IPA link|ɺ}}) | | |
- /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].{{Cite book |last=Strange |first=David |title=Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO] |date=April 1992 |publisher=SIL |location=Organised Phonology Data}}{{Cite book |last=Strange |first=David |title=Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro |publisher=De Gruyter, Mouton |year=1973 |location=Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 110 |pages=82-97}}
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|+Vowels ! !Back |
| High
|{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} | |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Low
| |{{IPA link|a}} | |
References
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{{Kainantu–Goroka languages}}
Category:Kainantu–Goroka languages
Category:Languages of Eastern Highlands Province
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