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.[2] 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.[1]

Agöb
Dabu
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorehead Rural LLG, Western Province
Native speakers
2,400 (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Agob
  • Ende
  • Kawam
Language codes
ISO 639-3kit
Glottologagob1244
Map: The Pahoturi languages of Papua New Guinea

Phonology

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

Ende Consonant inventory
Bilabial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Plosive/Affricate p b t d ʈʂ ɖʐ k g
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Fricative s z
Rhotic r ɽ
Approximant j w
Lateral l
Ende Vowel inventory
Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ̈
Mid e ə o
Open a


See also

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Bibliography

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Agöb at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Glottolog 2017.
  3. ^ Lindsey 2019, p. 123.

Further reading

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  • Lindsey, Kate L. (2021). "Ende". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association: 1–21. doi:10.1017/S0025100320000389, with supplementary sound recordings.

References

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