Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 (as of 2014)[1] 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
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low ɑ

Diphthongs: /iɑ eɑ ɑi oɑ/

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Affricate prenasal ⁿdz
Fricative s x
Flap ɾ
Semivowel j w

Writing system

An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate.[1]

A aB bD dE eG gI iƗ ɨJ jK kX xM m
/ɑ//ᵐb//ⁿd//e//ɡ//i//ə//ⁿdz//k//x//m/
N nŊ ŋO oP pR rS sT tU uW wY y´
/n//ŋ//o//p//ɾ//s//t//u//w//j//ʔ/

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Ankave at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Further reading

  • Speece, Richard F. 1988. Phonological processes affecting segments in Angave. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 17(1/2): 1–139.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankave_language