Iwam
WALS coordinates: 4° 20′ S, 142° E
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Small | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Average (5-6) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | Low | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | No voicing constrast | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | Other | |
| Uvular Consonants | None | |
| Glottalized Consonants | No glottalized consonants | |
| Lateral Consonants | No laterals | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | None | |
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| Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories | 5 | |
| Number of Basic Colour Categories | 4.5-5.5 | |
| Green and Blue | Green/blue | |
| Red and Yellow | Red vs. yellow | |
