The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.

Phonology

Consonants

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/n/ can be palatalized as [ɲ] when before vowel sequences /ao, au/.

Vowels

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References

  • Waima Grammar Essentials
  • Waima Organized Phonology Data