Agöb | |
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Dabu | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000 census) [1] |
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ISO 639-3 |
kit |
Glottolog |
agob1244 |
Map: The
Pahoturi languages of Papua New Guinea |
The Agöb languages are a group of Pahoturi languages spoken in eastern Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The language varieties include Agöb (or Dabu), Ende, and Kawam. [2] Languages in this group, along with the Idi language, form a dialect chain with the Idi and Agob dialects proper at the ends of the chain. [1]
The following phonology is of the Ende dialect. Ende is a language spoken primarily in the villages of Kinkin, Limol, and Malam by 600 to 1000 speakers. [3] Ende's phoneme inventory includes 19 consonants and 7 vowels.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive/ Affricate | p b | t d | ʈʂ ɖʐ | k g | |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Fricative | s z | ||||
Rhotic | r | ɽ | |||
Approximant | j | w | |||
Lateral | l |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ̈ | ||
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a |
Agöb | |
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Dabu | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000 census) [1] |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
kit |
Glottolog |
agob1244 |
Map: The
Pahoturi languages of Papua New Guinea |
The Agöb languages are a group of Pahoturi languages spoken in eastern Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The language varieties include Agöb (or Dabu), Ende, and Kawam. [2] Languages in this group, along with the Idi language, form a dialect chain with the Idi and Agob dialects proper at the ends of the chain. [1]
The following phonology is of the Ende dialect. Ende is a language spoken primarily in the villages of Kinkin, Limol, and Malam by 600 to 1000 speakers. [3] Ende's phoneme inventory includes 19 consonants and 7 vowels.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive/ Affricate | p b | t d | ʈʂ ɖʐ | k g | |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Fricative | s z | ||||
Rhotic | r | ɽ | |||
Approximant | j | w | |||
Lateral | l |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ̈ | ||
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a |