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Agarabi language

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Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea
"Agarabi" redirects here. For the local-level government area in Papua New Guinea, seeAgarabi Rural LLG.
Agarabi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(27,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3agd
Glottologagar1252

Agarabi, also calledBare, is aKainantu language spoken inAgarabi Rural LLG,Eastern Highlands Province,Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

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Consonants

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LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalmnʔ
Plosiveptk
Rhoticr
Approximantwj
  • Sounds/p,t,k,w/ may fluctuate to fricative sounds[ɸ,s,x,β] when between oral vowels.
  • Sounds/p,t/ may also be heard as voiced[b,d] within complex syllable nuclei.
  • /n/ may be heard as[ŋ] when before/k/.
  • /r/ can be heard as either a tap[ɾ] or a trill[r].
  • /ʔ/ may occasionally fluctuate to a fricative[h].

Vowels

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FrontCentralBack
Closeiu
Mide(ə)o
Opena

A lax/a/ is said to be heard as[ə].[2]

References

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  1. ^Agarabi atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Bee, Darlene; Luff, Lorna; Goddard, Jean (1973)."Notes on Agarabi phonology". In McKaughan, Howard (ed.).The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 414–423.ISBN 0-295-95132-X.

External links

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