Casuarina Coast Asmat is a Papuan language spoken along the Casuarina Coast of South Papua (in the region around the mouth of the Pulau River) by the Asmat people. It is the most divergent of the Asmat languages.
| Casuarina Coast Asmat | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Around Casuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District in Asmat Regency to Minyamur District in Mappi Regency, South Papua[1] |
| Ethnicity | Asmat people (Kaweinag) |
Native speakers | (9,000 cited 1991)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | asc |
| Glottolog | casu1237 |
Phonology
editConsonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Fricative | f | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||
| Approximant | w | j |
Nasals /m, n/ may fluctuate to prenasal stops [ᵐb, ⁿd] in word-initial positions.[3][4]
Vowels
edit| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | y | u | |
| Mid | e | ø | o | |
| Low | a | |||
References
edit- ^ "Orang Asmat Pantai Kasuari di Papua". e-MISI (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Casuarina Coast Asmat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2020). The Asmat-Muli Languages of Southwestern New Guinea. Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea (38): Language & Linguistics in Melanesia. pp. 148–175.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ___location (link) - ^ Voorhoeve, C. L. (1980). The Asmat Languages of Irian Jaya. Australian National University. pp. 40–41.