Nobonob language

Nobonob
Garuh
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
5,000 (2005 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gaw
Glottolog nobo1238[2]

Nobonob (Nobanob, Nobnob), also known as Butelkud-Guntabak or Garuh (cf. closely related Garus), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The language is expanding slightly. Ari (Ati, A’i) is a dialect.

Phonology

Vowels(orthographic)

Front Central Back
Close i ii u uu
Mid e ee o oo
Open a aa

Consonants(orthographic)

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p p̱ t ṯ k ḵ
Voiced stop/implosive b q d ḏ g g̱
Nasal m n
Fricative (s) h
Approximant w l y

References

  1. Nobonob at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nobonob". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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