The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a
Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the
Oceanic group of
Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeas ...
, spoken in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.
Phonology
Consonants
/n/ can be palatalized as
�when before vowel sequences /ao, au/.
Vowels
References
External links
Waima Grammar EssentialsWaima Organized Phonology Data
Central Papuan Tip languages
Languages of Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
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