Central Asmat language

Central Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people.

Dialects
Central Asmat has a number of dialects, which are:


 * Keenok
 * Sokoni
 * Keenakap
 * Kawenak (subdialects: Simai, Kainak, Mismam, Mecemup)

Yaosakor Asmat, assigned its own ISO code, is a variety of Central Asmat, not a distinct language.

Consonants

 * /p/ can be heard as a fricative when in intervocalic positions, as  in the speech of older speakers when preceding /e/.
 * /tʃ/ can be heard as a palatalized when in word-final positions following /i/.
 * /k/ can be heard as a fricative when following a vowel and preceding a consonant.
 * /s/ can be heard as fricatives or  among some older speakers.
 * /r/ can be heard as a flap in word-medial and word-final positions.
 * /ʝ/ can be heard as or  in word-initial positions.
 * Nasals /m, n/ may fluctuate to voiced stops [, ] in word-initial positions, and as prenasal stops [, ] when in syllable-initial positions.