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词条 Western Dani language
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  1. Phonology

  2. References

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|name=Western Dani
|nativename=Laani
|region=Highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia
|ethnicity=Lani
|speakers=180,000
|date=1993
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=West Trans–New Guinea
|fam3=Irian Highlands ?
|fam4=Dani languages
|fam5=Dani proper
|iso3=dnw
|glotto=west2594
|glottorefname=Western Dani
}}

Western Dani, or Laani, is the most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Lani people in the province of Papua. The Swart Valley tribes are called Oeringoep and Timorini in literature from the 1920s, but those names are no longer used.

Phonology

The phonology of the Western Dani language[1]:

Consonants
BilabialAlveolarVelarGlottal
plainlab.
Plosivevoicelessp, pʰt, tʰk, kʰkʷ, kʷʰʔ
prenasalmbndŋɡŋɡʷ
Fricativeβɣɣʷ
Flapɾ
Nasalmn
Laterall
Approximantwɹ

At the beginning of words, stops sound aspirated. An intervocalic /ɣ/ is pronounced as /ʁ/, and a /ɹ/ before a high vowel becomes a fricative /z/.

Vowels
FrontCentralBack
Highi iːu uː
Mide eːɒ ɒː
Lowɐ ɐː

Vowels /i, u, ɒ/ have allophones, /ɪ, ʊ, ɔ/.

References

1. ^{{Cite book|title=A Grammar of Western Dani|last=Barclay|first=Peter|publisher=|year=2008|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
{{West Trans–New Guinea languages}}{{papuan-lang-stub}}

2 : Dani languages|Languages of western New Guinea

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