Yaren Rao

Rao
Rao Breri
Asali a	Papua New Guinea
Yanki	western Madang Province
'Yan asalin magana	(6,000 cited 1992)
Dangin harshen	Ramu Ramu proper Annaberg Rao
kasafin harshe	Li’o Ndramini’o
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	rao
Glottolog	raoo1244

Rao yaren Ramu ne na yammacin lardin Madang, Papua New Guinea . A cikin tsofaffin wallafe-wallafen an kira shi Annaberg .

Sautin Rao

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
M	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k g	ʔ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg
Mai sassautawa	f v	s z			( h )
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Kusanci	w	r	j

• /w/ is often heard as [β] word-initially and intervocalically.
• /f/ has only been found word-initially.
• /h/ is very rare and may be an allophone of /g/.
• /r/ can also be realised as [l].

Wasula

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Babban	i	ɨ	u
Tsakar	e	ə	o
Ƙananan		a

Bugu da ƙari, an lura da diphthong masu zuwa: /ia/, /ai/, /ea/.

Damuwa tana faɗuwa a farkon harafi tare da / ʔ/ a matsayin coda. In ba haka ba, an kayyade damuwa akan silar farko.