Organised Phonology Data. Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO]. Goroka – Eastern Highlands Province

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Organised Phonology Data
Upper Asaro (Dano) Language [ASO]
Goroka – Eastern Highlands Province
Trans New Guinea Phylum; East New Guinea Highlands Stock; East-Central (Gorokan) Family ; Gahuku
Subfamily
Population census: 30,000 (1981)
Major villages: Kasena, Kofena, Keremu, Mando, Namta
Linguistic work done by: SIL
Data checked by: David Strange (April 1992)
Phonemic and Orthographic Inventory
 b d e  h i k l m n  o p s t u  z 
a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p s t u v z '
A B D E G H I K L M N nG O P S T U V Z
Consonants

Bilab LabDen Dental Alveo Postalv Retro Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn Glottal
Plosive p t k 
Nasal m n
Trill
Tap/Flap
Fricative  s z  h
Lateral
Fricative
Approx
Lateral l
Approx
Ejective
Stop
Implos
/b/ voiced prenasalized bilabial plosive
/d / voiced prenasalised dental plosive
// voiced prenasalized velar plosive
p pizave 'he did'  vene' 'woman'
lupo' 'empty house' luvo 'fungus species'

b bizave 'he filled' t to'mo vo 'thus he went'
lubo 'wallaby' mutive 'taro type'

m mene 'this' d do'mo vo 'getting as went'
mumuno 'shadow' mudive 'many'
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n nene 'that'  ngelamive 'wasn't able'
numuno 'house' anga 'your hand'

l laza 'we'  -
holoso 'ghost' a'ne 'my hand'
gamaha' 'banana type'

s suhono 'claw-marks'
ise 'faeces'  gelave 'he heard'
logo 'ditch'

z zuho 'clan'
ize 'pig' h henise 'eel'
gohi 'again, more'
k kelezo 'pull it out'
aka 'ladder'

Vowels

i u

e o


i ize 'pig' u ukehe 'tree type'
vine' 'he went' luso 'medicine'
ningihi 'banana type' dau 'grass'

e eze 'his' o ono 'a cold'
vene' 'woman' gono 'work'
nengehe 'tree type' golo 'mountain'

 ana 'his hand'
nane 'you are'
naba 'big'

Suprasegmentals (tone, stress, length)
Upper Asaro has two phonemic tones.
àkà 'ladder' gúhè 'pine'
àká 'road' gùhè 'grass'
Syllable Patterns
V o 'being' o.lo' 'fire' a.i.ze' 'tomorrow, yesterday' da.u ‘grass'
V a'.ne 'my hand' no.so.u' 'in the water'
CV za 'tree' da.u 'grass' nu.mu.no 'house' na.za 'I'
CV ho' 'sun' go'.ne 'my nose' gu.nu' 'rain cape'
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Conventions: Phonological
// occurs only word medially and finally. No other consonants occur word finally.
/ / and /  / are palatalized before back vowels.
/h/ can be pronounced either [ h ] or [].
Conventions: Orthographic
In loanwords and place names also < r >, < f > and < w > are used for the phonemes / l /, / h / and /  /
respectively.
Tone is not written.
Transcription of a recorded passage
14. Ne'mine ogo Izesu' aza Petolo' numu'veu' dizo Petolo' elenahi izeleho nene oko'nolo' olo' lavo ongo neivo
ningine'.
15. Ningo Izesu' aza analo' davo oko'nou' olo' line' nene osu' lo-dine'. Osu' lo-davo oto Izesu'ni nasahili' o-dine'.
16. Ido' nivenga' molavo lu'ningu' sikalahu' goloso minive ma Izesuda ngele'mizi ikevo gamazi lo-ngedo a'mine
sikalahu' goloso nene ngimiselo do hulo ido' inite' gizi dave mukikisi do lamine' o-ngidine'.
17. Ne'mine ine' nene O'moso'mi veleti' gamazi lo soto' oga' ive polohete Isaia' luhuvo ti' lo gizine' ma nene
omo gihile izelive losa nene ne'mine ine' ve: Di gilizevo i-lidaa' ani' inite' nene asi've do hulo-ledo inite' lisaa'
ine' inite' nesi do hulo-lidine' ve.
14. When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
15. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
16. When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits
with a word and healed all the sick.
17. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our
diseases."
Bibliography
Strange, David. 1973. 'Indicative and Subjunctive in Upper Asaro.' Linguistics 110.
Strange, Gladys. 1965. 'Nominal Elements in Upper Asaro.' Anthropological Linguistics 7.
Strange, David. 1965-1974. Manuscripts. SIL, Ukarumpa.