Waima language

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, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Plosive	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Fricative	Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link
Rhotic		Template:IPA link
Approximant	Template:IPA link

/n/ can be palatalized as [ɲ] when before vowel sequences /ao, au/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link
Mid	Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link
Low		Template:IPA link

External links

• Waima Grammar Essentials
• Waima Organized Phonology Data

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