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Dialects

Dialects are: *''Hiyowe'' dialect, spoken in Maposi village () of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG *''Saniyo'' dialect, spoken in Hanasi (), Malapute’e (), Pukapuki, Salunapi (), and Sio () villages of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG

Phonology

* /r/ has the allophone word-initially, which is written with the separate character . * /ʔ/ only appears intervocalically. * /ɛ/ is pronounced ibefore /j/. In this case it is written as . Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ai/, /au/, /ou/.

References

Sepik Hill languages Languages of East Sepik Province {{papuan-lang-stub