Yopno language

Not to be confused with Isan language.

Yopno
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang, Morobe Provinces
Native speakers	9,000 (2010)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Yupna Yopno
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yut
Glottolog	yopn1238

Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.[2]

Phonology

Consonants[3]

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪			k
	voiced	b	d̪			g
Fricative				s
Nasal		m		n		ŋ
Approximant			l̪		j

References

1. Yopno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
3. Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

Further reading

• Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)