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Sentani
Sentani
Native to	Papua, Indonesia
Region	Lake Sentani, Papua
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1996)
Language family	Northwest Papuan? Demta–Sentani Sentani proper Sentani; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	set
Glottolog	nucl1632

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).

Phonology edit

Consonants edit

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	b	d		k
Fricative	f~ɸ	s			h
Approximant	w	l	j

Vowels edit

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open(-mid)	ɛ	a

Central Sentani edit

Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:^[2]

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p			k
Fricative	f				h
Approximant	w	l	j
Rhotic		r

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open	æ	a

Citations edit

^ Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.