Tanggu language explained

Tanggu
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Madang Province
Speakers:	3,000
Date:	1991
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam2:	Ramu proper
Fam3:	Tamolan–Ataitan
Fam4:	Ataitan
Iso3:	tgu
Glotto:	tang1355
Glottorefname:	Tanggu

Tanggu (Tangu, Tanggum) is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants^[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Dorsal

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

• /m/ can occur syllabically [m̩] word-initially.
• /ʁ/ is heard as [ɣ] before /i/.
• /ⁿdʒ/ is pronounced [z~j] in the Wagi dialect.

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

• /ɨ/ almost always occurs only in unstressed syllables and diphthongs.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ia/, /ɨa/, /ai/, /ui/, /au/, /ua/. /ai/ is realised as [æ] word-finally.

Notes and References

1. Lotterman, Johan (1992). Tanggu Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.