Angor language
Senagi language of Papua New Guinea
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::summary Senagi language of Papua New Guinea ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Angor |
| nativename | Senagi |
| speakers | |
| date | 2004 |
| ref | e25 |
| region | Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages |
| coordinates | |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Senagi |
| iso3 | agg |
| glotto | ango1254 |
| glottorefname | Angor |
| :: |
|name=Angor |nativename=Senagi |speakers= |date=2004 |ref = e25 |region=Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages |coordinates= |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Senagi |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 () of Bibriari ward.
Dialects
Dialects are Wai (Central Anggor) and Samanai (Southern Anggor).
Loving and Bass (1964) list these Anggor dialects and their villages:
- Western: Mongo
- Central west: Amandan (), Fisi, Kwaraman (), Puramen ()
- Central east: Akrani, Baribari, Bibriari (), Merere, Nai (), Senagi (), Unupuwai, Wamu ()
- Southern: Samanai
Writing system
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| Orthography | IPA |
|---|---|
| A | a |
| B | b |
| D | d |
| E | e |
| F | f |
| G | g |
| H | h |
| I | i |
| Ɨ | ɨ |
| K | k |
| M | m |
| Mb | mb |
| N | n |
| Nd | nd |
| Ŋ | ŋ |
| Ŋg | ŋg |
| O | o |
| P | p |
| R | r |
| S | s |
| T | t |
| U | u |
| Ü | ü |
| W | w |
| Y | y |
| :: |
Phonology
Consonants
Angor has the following 18 consonants. :
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| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Nasal | voiced | Plosive | voiceless | voiced | prenasalized | Fricative | Tap/Flap | Approximant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:
- /ɸ/ is voiced [] word medially.
- /x/ is voiced [] word medially.
- /ɾ/ is sometimes retroflexed after /a/.
- Final unstressed vowels, especially /ə/, tend to be elided in speech after voiceless plosives /p t k/, prenasalized plosives /ᵐb ⁿd/, and /m n ŋ x/. Prenasalized consonants are pronounced voiceless and aspirated in this position.
Vowels
Monophthongs
Angor has the following 7 monophthongs. ::data[format=table]
| Front | Central | Back | Close | Close-mid | Mid | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
Diphthongs
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| Phoneme | Orthography | Gloss | Closing | Opening | Height-harmonic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ai/ | kaiahɨ | white cockatoo | |||
| hai | fire | ||||
| /au/ | nau | like.. | |||
| bau | father | ||||
| /ao/ | penao | knife | |||
| sao | give.me. | ||||
| /ei/ | ahei | go. | |||
| /o.u/ | hou | . | |||
| tɨ mouyanɨ | mosquito | ||||
| /oa/ | koako | shell | |||
| gogoa | there | ||||
| /ui/ | mbuifɨ | fingernail | |||
| yikui | papaya | ||||
| /oe/ | hoeyembɨ | sugarcane | |||
| baboe | type of banana | ||||
| nɨmoei | stone | ||||
| :: |
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:
- /e/ tends to be phonetically a glide [eɪ̯] in the medial position (e.g., tefɨ [teɪ̯βə] 'tongue').
- /o/ is generally [ɔ] before [ⁿd] and [ɾ].
References
References
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea. (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- Steer, Martin. (2005). "Languages of the Upper Sepik and Central New Guinea". Australian National University.
- Loving, Richard and Jack Bass. 1964. ''Languages of the Amanab Sub-District''. Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services.
- Litteral, Robert. (1997). "Organised Phonology Data". SIL.
- Foley, William A.. (2018). "The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide". De Gruyter Mouton.
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