Korowai (Kolufaup) is a
Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in
South Papua
South Papua, officially the South Papua Province (), is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the southern portion of Western New Guinea, Papua, following the borders of the Papuan customary region of Anim Ha. Formally establ ...
,
Indonesia
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. It is spoken by the
Korowai people
The Korowai, also called the Kolufo, live in southeastern Papua in the Indonesian provinces of South Papua and Highland Papua. Their tribal area is split by the borders of Boven Digoel Regency, Mappi Regency, Asmat Regency, Pegunungan Bintang ...
who live along the
Becking River.
Phonology
* /b/ and /d/ are in free variation with
“and
—respectively.
* /ɸ x/ can be voiced
² É£intervocalically.
* /e/ can be heard as
ªin unstressed syllables.
* /a/ can vary to
¦in stressed syllables.
* /É”/ is pronounced
before /w/.
* All vowels are lengthened in stressed syllables and word-finally.
* /É™/ is epenthetic and is never in stressed syllables.
Stress is unpredictable and phonemic.
Notes
References
*Hughes, Jock. 2009.
Upper Digul Survey'. SIL International.
Languages of Western New Guinea
Becking–Dawi languages
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