Sirva language

Sirva, or Sileibi, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Sirva
Sileibi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(260 cited 1981)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3sbq
Glottologsile1255[2]

Phonology

Vowels

[3]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a
gollark: That can of flying venemous worms.
gollark: Ah, yes.
gollark: I mean, `cargo` is really nice.
gollark: Is it really?
gollark: Infinite indentation!

References

  1. Sirva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sirva". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Daniels, Don Roger (June 2015). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram". Alexandria Digital Research Library: 96.


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