Dedua language

Dedua
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Ethnicity	8,900 (2000 census?)
Native speakers	(6,500 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Huon Eastern Huon Dedua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ded
Glottolog	dedu1240

Dedua is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Dzeigoc and Fanic.

Phonology

The plain linked text shows IPA, while the text in angle brackets shows the orthography. If no angle brackets are shown, the orthography is the same as the IPA.

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open		a

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial–velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p ⟨kp⟩	ʔ ⟨h/c⟩
	voiced	b	d		g	ɡ͡b ⟨gb⟩
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Fricative		f	s
Affricate				dʑ ⟨dz⟩
Trill			r
Approximant				j ⟨y⟩		w

External links

• Dedua phonology data