Casuarina Coast Asmat language

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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.

NativetoIndonesia
RegionAround Casuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District in Asmat Regency to Minyamur District in Mappi Regency, South Papua[1]
EthnicityAsmat people (Kaweinag)
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 1991)[2]
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Casuarina Coast Asmat
Native toIndonesia
RegionAround Casuarina Coast; From Fayit District, Pantai Kasuari District, Safan District in Asmat Regency to Minyamur District in Mappi Regency, South Papua[1]
EthnicityAsmat people (Kaweinag)
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 1991)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3asc
Glottologcasu1237
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Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
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Nasals /m, n/ may fluctuate to prenasal stops [ᵐb, ⁿd] in word-initial positions.[3][4]

Vowels

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