Agarabi language

Agarabi
Agarabi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(27,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Agarabi; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	agd
Glottolog	agar1252

Last updated June 02, 2025

Agarabi, also called Bare, is a Kainantu language spoken in Agarabi Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n			ʔ
Plosive	p	t		k
Rhotic		r
Approximant	w		j

Sounds /p,t,k,w/ may fluctuate to fricative sounds [ɸ,s,x,β] when between oral vowels.
Sounds /p,t/ may also be heard as voiced [b,d] within complex syllable nuclei.
/n/ may be heard as [ŋ] when before /k/.
/r/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r].
/ʔ/ may occasionally fluctuate to a fricative [h].

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	( ə )	o
Open		a

A lax /a/ is said to be heard as [ə].^[2]

References

↑ Agarabi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Bee, Darlene; Luff, Lorna; Goddard, Jean (1973). "Notes on Agarabi phonology" . In McKaughan, Howard (ed.). The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 414–423. ISBN 0-295-95132-X.

External links

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[e18-1] Agarabi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Bee, Darlene; Luff, Lorna; Goddard, Jean (1973). "Notes on Agarabi phonology" . In McKaughan, Howard (ed.). The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 414–423. ISBN 0-295-95132-X.

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