Ankave language

Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 (since 2014Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)) Angave people in Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.

History

In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers. In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
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Mid	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Low		Template:IPAlink

Diphthongs:

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Plosive	voiceless	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
	prenasal	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Affricate	prenasal		Template:IPAlink
Fricative			Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Flap			Template:IPAlink
Semivowel				Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink

Writing system

An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate.

A a	B b	D d	E e	G g	I i	Ɨ ɨ	J j	K k	X x	M m
N n	Ŋ ŋ	O o	P p	R r	S s	T t	U u	W w	Y y	´

Further reading

• Speece, Richard F. 1988. Phonological processes affecting segments in Angave. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 17(1/2): 1–139.

External links

• Ankave dictionary
• English-Angave dictionary/SIL