- Source: Angor language
Angor (Anggor) a.k.a. Senagi is a Senagi language of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in 11 villages of Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, including Senagi village (3.681265°S 141.20755°E / -3.681265; 141.20755 (Senagi)) of Bibriari ward.
Dialects
Dialects are Wai (Central Anggor) and Samanai (Southern Anggor).
Loving and Bass (1964) list these Anggor dialects and their villages:
Western: Mongo
Central west: Amandan (3.690148°S 141.168092°E / -3.690148; 141.168092 (Amondon)), Fisi, Kwaraman (3.651891°S 141.156937°E / -3.651891; 141.156937 (Kwaramun)), Puramen (3.650583°S 141.17401°E / -3.650583; 141.17401 (Purumun))
Central east: Akrani, Baribari, Bibriari (3.662695°S 141.213604°E / -3.662695; 141.213604 (Bibriari)), Merere, Nai (3.624291°S 141.289758°E / -3.624291; 141.289758 (Nai 1)), Senagi (3.681265°S 141.20755°E / -3.681265; 141.20755 (Senagi)), Unupuwai, Wamu (3.669845°S 141.229746°E / -3.669845; 141.229746 (Wamu))
Southern: Samanai
Writing system
Phonology
= Consonants
=Angor has the following 18 consonants.
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:
/ɸ/ is voiced [β] word medially.
/x/ is voiced [ɣ] word medially.
/ɾ/ is sometimes retroflexed after /a/.
Final unstressed vowels, especially /ə/, tend to be elided in speech after voiceless plosives /p t k/, prenasalized plosives /ᵐb ⁿd/, and /m n ŋ x/. Prenasalized consonants are pronounced voiceless and aspirated in this position.
= Vowels
=Monophthongs
Angor has the following 7 monophthongs.
Diphthongs
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:
/e/ tends to be phonetically a glide [eɪ̯] in the medial position (e.g., tefɨ [teɪ̯βə] 'tongue').
/o/ is generally [ɔ] before [ⁿd] and [ɾ].
References
External links
Angor Grammar Sketch
PARADISEC archive items for Angor language
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rumpun bahasa Papua
- Angor language
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- Senagi languages
- Voiced velar fricative
- Voiced bilabial fricative
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- Languages of Papua New Guinea
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