| Sentani | |
| States: | Papua, Indonesia |
| Region: | Lake Sentani, Papua |
| Speakers: | 30,000 |
| Date: | 1996 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Northwest Papuan? |
| Fam2: | Demta–Sentani |
| Fam3: | Sentani proper |
| Script: | Latin |
| Iso3: | set |
| Glotto: | nucl1632 |
| Glottorefname: | Sentani |
Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/~pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open(-mid) | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[1]
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ |
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |