Dano language explained

Dano
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Speakers:	30,000
Date:	1987
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Kainantu–Goroka
Fam3:	Goroka
Fam4:	Gahuku
Script:	Latin
Iso3:	aso
Glotto:	dano1240
Glottorefname:	Dano

Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

!Labial!Alveolar!Dorsal!Glottal

Plosive	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
	prenasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative	voiceless	(pronounced as /link/)	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Nasal		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant			pronounced as /link/	(pronounced as /link/)
Flap			(pronounced as /link/)

• /z, h/ can be pronounced as either [j, ɸ].
• /β, ɣ/ can be palatalized [ʲ] when before back vowels.
• /l/ can also commonly be heard as an alveolar flap [ɺ].
• /ⁿd/ can also be heard as a prenasal dental [ⁿ̪d̪].^{[1] [2]}

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

1. Book: Strange, David . Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO] . April 1992 . SIL . Organised Phonology Data.
2. Book: Strange, David . Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro . De Gruyter, Mouton . 1973 . Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 110 . 82-97.