Zia language

Zia is a Papuan language spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).

Zia
Pronunciation[d̪ia]
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionlower Waria Valley, Morobe Province
EthnicityZia
Native speakers
4,500 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Zia
  • Mawae
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3zia
Glottologziaa1250

Orthography

[2]
Uppercase letters ABDEGIKMNOPRSTUWYZ
Lowercase letters abdegikmnoprstuwyz
IPA /ɑ//b//d//ɛ//ɡ//i//k//m//n//ɔ//p//ɾ//s////u//w//j//dz/

References

  1. Zia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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