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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 speakers(27,000 cited 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
Tairora
Gauwa
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