Waris language

Waris
Region	Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea; Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers	unknown (undated figure of 4,000)
Language family	Border Waris Waris
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wrs
Glottolog	wari1266

Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla, Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, as well as about 1,500 across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua.

Phonology

Vowels

Monophthongs

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Near-open	æ
Open		a	ɒ

Diphthongs and triphthongs

	Vi	Vɛ	Vɑ	Vɒ	Vɔ	Vu
iV			iɑ
ɛV					ɛɔ	ɛu
ɑV	ɑi				ɑɔ
ɒV	ɒi
ɔV	ɔi		ɔɑ
uV	ui	uɛ	uɑ	uɒ

There are two triphthongs, /ɔɑi/ and /uɛu/.

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k
	Prenasalised	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ
Nasal		m	n
Fricative	Voiceless		s		x
	Voiced	β
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l
Approximant		w		j