Waris language
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Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language of northern New Guinea. There are about 2,500 native speakers. It uses the Latin writing system. The language features monophthong, diphthong, and triphthong vowels.
Demography
Waris is spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), Doponendi ward, Walsa Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, and also by about 1,500 across the border in Waris District, Keerom Regency in the Indonesian province of Papua.[1][2]
Phonology
Vowels
Monophthongs
Diphthongs and triphthongs
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Consonants
Classifiers
Classifier prefixes in Waris attach to verbs, and are determined via the physical properties of the object noun phrase being referred to. Many of them have parallels with independent verb roots, which may well be where they had originated from. Examples include:[3]
Many of these prefixes have lexical parallels with verb roots. The list of classifier prefixes is:[3]
classifier prefix semantic category verb root parallel mwan- soft pliable objects like net bags, skirts, bark mats li- fruits like pineapples, ears of corn or pandanus le- ‘cut off oblong fruit’ vela- objects found inside a container vela- ‘remove’ put- spherical objects, commonly fruits puet- ‘pick fruit’ ninge- food cooked and wrapped ninge- ‘tie up’ vet- food removed from fire without wrapping lɛ- leaf-like objects with no or soft stem pola- leaf-like objects with hard stem ih- grainy materials ih- ‘remove grainy material from a container’ tuvv- pieces cut from longer lengths tuvva- ‘chop into lengths’ kov- lengths of vine kovva- ‘cut off’
References
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