Ankave language
Language
title: "Ankave language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["languages-of-gulf-province", "angan-languages"] description: "Language" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankave_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ankave |
| region | Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea |
| speakers | 1,500 |
| date | 2014 |
| ref | e25 |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Trans–New Guinea |
| fam2 | Angan |
| fam3 | Southwest |
| script | Latin |
| iso3 | aak |
| glotto | anka1246 |
| glottorefname | Ankave |
| notice | IPA |
| :: |
|name=Ankave |region=Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea |speakers= 1,500 |date=2014 |ref = e25 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Trans–New Guinea |fam2=Angan |fam3=Southwest |script=Latin |iso3=aak |glotto=anka1246 |glottorefname=Ankave |notice=IPA
Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 () Angave people in Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.
History
In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers. In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers.
Phonology
Vowels
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Diphthongs:
Consonants
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| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Nasal | Plosive | voiceless | prenasal | Affricate | prenasal | Fricative | Flap | Semivowel |
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Writing system
An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate.
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Notes
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