Kube (Hube) and Tobo, also Mongi, are a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. They are mutually intelligible and 95% lexicostatistically cognate.[2] Dialects of Kube include Kurungtufu and Yoangen (Yoanggeng).
The Kube alphabet includes the letter Q with hook tail, ⟨Ɋ ɋ⟩.[3]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless plosive | p | t | k | k͡p | ʔ | |
| Voiced plosive | b | d | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Voiceless affricate | t͡s | |||||
| Voiced affricate | d͡z | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | j | w |
References
- ^ Kube at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Sisipac Ac Ɋelia (KGF), 2012, Wycliffe Bible Translators on Bible.com
- Lee, Yongseop. (1993). Kube grammar essentials. Ms. 168pp.