Dla (Dera) speakers are shifting to Tok Pisin and Papuan Malay. De Sousa (2006) reports that the younger generation born in the 1990s or later usually cannot speak Dera fluently, whereas the older generation remains fluent.[3]
Phonologyedit
Dera has 14 consonants (4 less than Angor), which are:[4]
^United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
^ abcde Sousa, Hilário (2006). The Menggwa Dla language of New Guinea (Doctoral dissertation). University of Sydney.
^ abFoley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN978-3-11-028642-7.
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January 01, 1970
dera, language, confused, with, chadic, dera, mangguar, kamberataro, komberatoro, senagi, language, papua, guinea, indonesia, papua, guinea, primarily, spoken, kamberataro, village, 611948, 05719, 611948, 05719, kamberatoro, amanab, rural, sandaun, province, d. Not to be confused with Dera language Chadic Dera Dra Dla a k a Mangguar and Kamberataro Komberatoro is a Senagi language of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia In Papua New Guinea it is primarily spoken in Kamberataro village 3 36 43 S 141 03 26 E 3 611948 S 141 05719 E 3 611948 141 05719 Kamberatoro Amanab Rural LLG Sandaun Province 1 2 DeraNative toIndonesia Papua New GuineaRegionPapua Keerom Regency 13 villagesNative speakers1 200 2006 1 Language familySenagi DeraLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code kbv class extiw title iso639 3 kbv kbv a Glottologdera1245ELPDeraCoordinates 3 36 43 S 141 03 26 E 3 611948 S 141 05719 E 3 611948 141 05719 Kamberatoro Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Contents 1 Dialects 2 Status 3 Phonology 4 Vocabulary comparison 5 ReferencesDialects editThere are two dialects namely Dla proper and Menggwa Dla Dla proper is spoken in the three main villages of Kamberatoro Mission 3 36 S 141 03 E 1299 feet in Papua New Guinea Amgotro Mission 3 38 S 140 58 E 1969 feet in West Papua and Komando village in West Papua Komando village was formerly a Dutch border post Other Dla proper speaking villages in Papua New Guinea are Tamarbek 3 35 30 S 141 03 18 E 3 591701 S 141 055114 E 3 591701 141 055114 Tamarbek Akamari 3 35 49 S 141 03 33 E 3 597044 S 141 059233 E 3 597044 141 059233 Akimari 1 New Kamberatoro Old Kamberatoro Border Village Nimberatoro 3 37 34 S 141 02 33 E 3 625973 S 141 042369 E 3 625973 141 042369 Nimberatoro Nindebai 3 38 28 S 141 00 22 E 3 64111 S 141 006033 E 3 64111 141 006033 Nindebai Mamamora 3 39 14 S 141 01 13 E 3 653793 S 141 020182 E 3 653793 141 020182 Mamamura Yamamainda 3 40 10 S 141 02 00 E 3 669519 S 141 033445 E 3 669519 141 033445 Yamamainda Orkwanda 3 38 50 S 141 04 52 E 3 647337 S 141 081231 E 3 647337 141 081231 Orkwanda and Lihen 3 37 26 S 141 07 03 E 3 623834 S 141 117364 E 3 623834 141 117364 Lihen West Papua Indonesia has the Dla villages of Amgotro Komando Indangan Mongwefi Buku and Agrinda which are mostly located in Yaffi District Keerom Regency 3 Menggwa Dla the less populous of the two dialects is spoken in five villages located between Kamberatoro Mission and Komando village which are Menggau Wahai 3 34 51 S 141 01 45 E 3 580863 S 141 029277 E 3 580863 141 029277 Wahai Ambofahwa alternatively known as Wahai Nº 2 Wanggurinda 3 34 49 S 141 01 43 E 3 580396 S 141 028671 E 3 580396 141 028671 Wagurinda 3 34 59 S 141 01 41 E in Papua New Guinea and Menggwal 3 33 53 S 140 59 04 E in West Papua 3 Status editDla Dera speakers are shifting to Tok Pisin and Papuan Malay De Sousa 2006 reports that the younger generation born in the 1990s or later usually cannot speak Dera fluently whereas the older generation remains fluent 3 Phonology editDera has 14 consonants 4 less than Angor which are 4 Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n Plosive voiceless p t k voiced b d ɡ Fricative ɸ s x Liquid r Semivowel w j Dera has 5 vowels 2 less than Angor which are 4 Front Back Close i u Mid e o Open aVocabulary comparison editThe following basic vocabulary words of Dera dialects are from Voorhoeve 1971 1975 5 6 as cited in the Trans New Guinea database 7 gloss Dera Amgotro dialect Dera Moŋgowar dialect Dera Amgotro dialect head boda bapale boda hair nanada nenale nanada ear kumbo keda gombo gala kumbo keda eye kumba kwada kamba gala kumba kwada nose gutubu damor gutubu tooth jabo gemda djabo jabo gemda tongue tabu tep tabu louse mane mave mane dog jabodo jabodo pig wade wade bird du tu du egg dogomda tugabola dogomda blood kodoa hola kodoa bone gemda saba gemda skin kueda kiaba kueda breast toto tutu toto tree namo nomo agala namo nomo man jani ndia jani jani ndia woman kuadedebo kolbake kuadedebo sun kebu gefu kebu moon amana anam amana water kue gewei kue fire kai kai kai stone nemai nimi nemai road path bakoda bakoda name dia eat tato hede tato one mano ŋguadu mamu mano ŋguadu two imbu jimbal imbuReferences edit a b Dera at Ethnologue 25th ed 2022 nbsp United Nations in Papua New Guinea 2018 Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup Humanitarian Data Exchange 1 31 9 a b c de Sousa Hilario 2006 The Menggwa Dla language of New Guinea Doctoral dissertation University of Sydney a b Foley William A 2018 The Languages of the Sepik Ramu Basin and Environs In Palmer Bill ed The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area A Comprehensive Guide The World of Linguistics Vol 4 Berlin De Gruyter Mouton pp 197 432 ISBN 978 3 11 028642 7 Voorhoeve C L Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian New Guinea In Dutton T Voorhoeve C and Wurm S A editors Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No 14 A 28 47 114 Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1971 doi 10 15144 PL A28 47 Voorhoeve C L Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist Preliminary classification language maps wordlists B 31 iv 133 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1975 doi 10 15144 PL B31 Greenhill Simon 2016 TransNewGuinea org database of the languages of New Guinea Retrieved 2020 11 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dera language amp oldid 1157696032, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
