Agob languages explained

Agöb
Nativename:Dabu
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans-Fly
Fam2:Pahoturi
Iso3:kit
Glotto:agob1244
Glottorefname:Agob-Ende-Kawam
Glottofoot:no
Dia1:Agob
Dia2:Ende
Dia3:Kawam
Map:Map of Pahoturi River languages.jpg
Mapcaption: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. 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.

Phonology

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. Ende's phoneme inventory includes 19 consonants and 7 vowels.

Ende Consonant inventory
BilabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Plosive/Affricatepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Ende Vowel inventory!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Near-closepronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

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