| Ewage | |
|---|---|
| Notu | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Oro Province |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2015)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nou |
| Glottolog | ewag1241 |
Ewage, also known asNotu, is aPapuan language spoken in the "tail" ofPapua New Guinea. Preference for the name depends on the region. Its two dialects are Sose/Sohe (Western Plains Orokaiva) and Ifane/Ihane (Eastern Plains Orokaiva) (Smallhorn 2011:47).
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
| Affricate | voiced | dz | |||
| prenasal | ⁿdz | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ɣ | ||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | w | (l) | j | ||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
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