Yopno language explained

Yopno language should not be confused with Isan language.

Yopno
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Madang, Morobe Provinces
Speakers:9,000
Date:2010
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Finisterre–Huon
Fam3:Finisterre
Fam4:Yupna
Iso3:yut
Glotto:yopn1238
Glottorefname:Yopno

Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.[1]

Phonology

!Bilabial!Dental!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar
Stoppk
bg
Fricatives
Nasalmnŋ
Approximantj

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate. https://web.archive.org/web/20180620075718/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160413-people-mind-bending-way-navigate-spatial-languages/?beta=true. dead. June 20, 2018. 2016-04-13. 2018-06-20.