Zia is a Papuan language spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).[full citation needed]

Zia
Pronunciation[d̪ia]
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionlower Waria Valley, Morobe Province
EthnicityZia
Native speakers
(4,500 cited 2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Zia
  • Mawae
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3zia
Glottologziaa1250

Orthography

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Uppercase letters ABDEGIKMNOPRSTUWYZ
Lowercase letters abdegikmnoprstuwyz
IPA /ɑ//b//d//ɛ//ɡ//i//k//m//n//ɔ//p//ɾ//s////u//w//j//dz/

References

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  1. Zia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Organised Phonology Data". SIL. 21 September 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.

Further reading

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