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Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea "Agarabi" redirects here. For the local-level government area in Papua New Guinea, see Agarabi Rural LLG.
Agarabi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers27,000 (2000 census)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3agd
Glottologagar1252

Agarabi, also called Bare, is a Kainantu language spoken in Agarabi Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ʔ
Plosive p t k
Rhotic r
Approximant w j
  • Sounds /p, t, k, w/ may fluctuate to fricative sounds when between oral vowels.
  • Sounds /p, t/ may also be heard as voiced within complex syllable nuclei.
  • /n/ may be heard as when before /k/.
  • /r/ can be heard as either a tap or a trill .
  • /ʔ/ may occasionally fluctuate to a fricative .

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e (ə) o
Open a

A lax /a/ is said to be heard as .

References

  1. Agarabi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Bee, Darlene; Luff, Lorna; Goddard, Jean (1973). Notes on Agarabi phonology. In Howard McKaughan (ed.), The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock: Seattle: University of Washington. pp. 414–423.

External links

Kainantu–Goroka languages
Goroka
Gahuku
Kamono–Yagaria
Others
Kainantu
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Gauwa
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