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Papuan language of Papua New Guinea

Dano
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Gahuku Dano
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`aso`
Glottolog	`dano1240`

Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
Plosive	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	(ɸ)	s		h
Fricative	voiced	β	z	ɣ
Nasal		m	n
Approximant			l	(j)
Flap			(ɺ)

/z, h/ can be pronounced as either .
/β, ɣ/ can be palatalized when before back vowels.
/l/ can also commonly be heard as an alveolar flap .
/ⁿd/ can also be heard as a prenasal dental .

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

References

Dano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Strange, David (April 1992). Upper Asaro (Dano) Language . Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
Strange, David (1973). Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro. Linguistics, Vol. 11, No. 110: De Gruyter, Mouton. pp. 82–97.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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Kainantu–Goroka languages

Goroka

Gahuku	Alekano Dano Tokano
Kamono–Yagaria	Abaga Inoke-Yate Kamono Kanite Ke’yagana Yagaria
Others	Benabena Fore Gende Gimi Isabi Siane Yaweyuha

Kainantu

Tairora	Binumarien Kambaira Tairoa Waffa
Gauwa	Agarabi Awa Awiyaana Gadsup Kosena Ontenu Oweina Usarufa
Other	Kenati

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