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Papuan language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
Sentani | |
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Native to | Papua, Indonesia |
Region | Lake Sentani, Papua |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Northwest Papuan?
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ISO 639-3 | set |
Glottolog | nucl1632 |
Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[2]
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