Angor language explained

Angor
Nativename:Senagi
Date:2004
Ref:e25
Region:Papua New Guinea

Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages

Coordinates:-3.6813°N 141.2076°W
Familycolor:Papuan
Iso3:agg
Glotto:ango1254
Glottorefname:Angor

Angor (Anggor) Senagi is a Senagi language of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in 11 villages of Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, including Senagi village (-3.6813°N 141.2076°W) of Bibriari ward.[1]

Dialects

Dialects are Wai (Central Anggor) and Samanai (Southern Anggor).[2]

Loving and Bass (1964) list these Anggor dialects and their villages:[3]

Writing system

Orthography! IPA
Aa/ɑ/
Bb/b/
Dd/d/
Ee/e/
Ff/ɸ/
Gg/ɡ/
Hh/x/
Ii/i/
Ɨɨ/ə/
Kk/k/
Mm/m/
Mbmb/ᵐb/
Nn/n/
Ndnd/ⁿd/
Ŋŋ/ŋ/
Ŋgŋg/ᵑɡ/
Oo/o/
Pp/p/
Rr/ɾ/
Ss/s/
Tt/t/
Uu/u/
Üü/ɨ/
Ww/w/
Yy/j/

Phonology

Consonants

Angor has the following 18 consonants.[4]

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Tap/Flappronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:

Vowels

Monophthongs

Angor has the following 7 monophthongs.[4]

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Close-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Diphthongs

PhonemeOrthographyGloss
Closing/ai/kaiahɨwhite cockatoo
haifire
/au/naulike..
baufather
/ao/penaoknife
saogive.me.
/ei/aheigo.
/o.u/hou.
tɨ mouyanɨmosquito
Opening/oa/koakoshell
gogoathere
Height-harmonic/ui/mbuifɨfingernail
yikuipapaya
/oe/hoeyembɨsugarcane
baboetype of banana
nɨmoeistone

Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
  2. Book: Steer, Martin. Languages of the Upper Sepik and Central New Guinea. 2005. Canberra. Australian National University.
  3. Loving, Richard and Jack Bass. 1964. Languages of the Amanab Sub-District. Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services.
  4. Book: Foley, William A. . William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 197–432 . 978-3-11-028642-7.