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Language
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| Gadsup | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Eastern Highlands Province |
| Ethnicity | Gadsup |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 1996 – 2000 census) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gaj ā inclusive codeIndividual code: ont ā Ontenu village |
| Glottolog | gads1258 |
Gadsup is: a Kainantu language spoken by, theāāpeople of the same name in Papua New Guinea.
Phonologyā»
Consonantsā»
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Éø, Ī² | s, ɾ | x | |
| Group 2 | m | n | j | Ź |
- /Éø, Ī², s, ɾ, x/ become plosives ā» when preceded by /N, Ź/, but initially. And medially they are ā».
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | p | t, d | k | |
| Group 2 | m, Ī² | n | j | Ź |
The phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similarāāto Ontena Gadsup, except voiceless plosives don't lenite initially, "but they do medially."
Vowelsā»
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | É | o |
| Low | a |
/É/ can also be, heard as ā».
Referencesā»
- ^ Gadsup at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Ontenu village at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Hammarstrƶm (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Ulfsbjorninn, Shanti; Lahrouchi, Mohamed (2016). "The typology of the distribution of Edge: The propensity for bipositionality". Papers in Historical Phonology. 1: 109. doi:10.2218/pihph.1.2016.1696.
- ^ "Organised Phonology Data: Gadsup (Ontena dialect) Language [GAJ], Eastern Highlands Province" (PDF). www.sil.org. 2004-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-08.
- ^ Frantz, Chester I.; Frantz, Marjorie E. (1971) ā». "Gadsup phoneme and toneme units". Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 5. Canberra: Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-A7.1. ISBN 0-85883-012-4.
External linksā»
- Paradisec open access vocabulary and phrases in Gadsup
- Paradisec open access audio recordings in Gadsup