Puragi language explained

Puragi
Nativename:	Iwaro
States:	Indonesia
Region:	Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Bird's Head Peninsula
Speakers:	700
Date:	1991
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea?
Fam2:	Berau Gulf
Fam3:	South Bird's Head
Fam4:	Nuclear/East
Fam5:	Iwaro–Kaburi
Iso3:	pru
Glotto:	pura1253
Glottorefname:	Puragi

Puragi, or Iwaro, is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken in Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua.

Distribution

Locations within Sorong Selatan Regency:^[1]

• Matemani District: Saga (Sagu-Garam) and Puragi villages
• Inanwatan District: Isogo village

Phonology

Consonants^[2] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal

Plosive	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid-high	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid-low	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

1. Book: Ronsumbre, Adolof . 2020 . Ensiklopedia Suku Bangsa di Provinsi Papua Barat . Yogyakarta . Penerbit Kepel Press . 978-602-356-318-0.
2. de Vries . Lourens J. . 2004 . Puragi; A short grammar of Inanwatan: an endangered language of the Bird's head of Papua, Indonesia . Pacific Linguistics . Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . Canberra . 560 . 137-143.