Agarabi language
{{Short description|Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{redirect|Agarabi|the local-level government area in Papua New Guinea|Agarabi Rural LLG}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Agarabi
|region=Eastern Highlands Province
|states=Papua New Guinea
|speakers=27,000
|date=2000 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Kainantu–Goroka
|fam3=Kainantu
|fam4=Gauwa
|iso3=agd
|glotto=agar1252
|glottorefname=Agarabi
}}
Agarabi, also called Bare, is a Kainantu language spoken in Agarabi Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
= Consonants =
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| Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | | |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
|---|
| Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} | |
| Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
| Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
- Sounds {{IPA|/p, t, k, w/}} may fluctuate to fricative sounds {{IPA|[ɸ, s, x, β]}} when between oral vowels.
- Sounds {{IPA|/p, t/}} may also be heard as voiced {{IPA|[b, d]}} within complex syllable nuclei.
- {{IPA|/n/}} may be heard as {{IPA|[ŋ]}} when before {{IPA|/k/}}.
- {{IPA|/r/}} can be heard as either a tap {{IPA|[ɾ]}} or a trill {{IPA|[r]}}.
- {{IPA|/ʔ/}} may occasionally fluctuate to a fricative {{IPA|[h]}}.
= Vowels =
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! !Back |
| Close
|{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} |({{IPA link|ə}}) |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Open
| |{{IPA link|a}} | |
A lax {{IPA|/a/}} is said to be heard as {{IPA|[ə]}}.{{Cite book |last=Bee |first=Darlene |chapter=Notes on Agarabi phonology |last2=Luff |first2=Lorna |last3=Goddard |first3=Jean |location=Seattle |publisher=University of Washington Press |year=1973 |editor-first=Howard |editor-last=McKaughan |title=The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock |pages=414–423 |isbn=0-295-95132-X |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/languagesofeaste0000unse/page/414/mode/2up |chapter-url-access=registration}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.bible.com/bible/935/MAT.1 New Testament in Agarabi]
{{Kainantu–Goroka languages}}
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Category:Kainantu–Goroka languages
Category:Languages of Eastern Highlands Province
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