Gadsup language

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Gadsup
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity Gadsup
Native speakers
(25,000 cited 1996 2000 census) [1]
Dialects
  • Oyana, Akuna, Ontenu [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gaj – inclusive code
Individual code:
ont   Ontenu village
Glottolog gads1258

Gadsup is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea.

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Phonology

Consonants

Ontena Gadsup's consonants [3] [4]
Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Group 1ɸ, βs, ɾx
Group 2mnjʔ
Akuna Gadsup's consonants [3]
Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Group 1pt, dk
Group 2m, βnjʔ

The phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similar to Ontena Gadsup, except voiceless plosives don't lenite initially, but they do medially. [3]

Vowels

[4] Front Central Back
High iu
Mid eɐo
Low a

/ɐ/ can also be heard as [ʌ̈]. [5]

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References

  1. Gadsup at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
    Ontenu village at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ulfsbjorninn, Shanti; Lahrouchi, Mohamed (2016). "The typology of the distribution of Edge: The propensity for bipositionality". Papers in Historical Phonology. 1: 109. doi: 10.2218/pihph.1.2016.1696 .
  4. 1 2 "Organised Phonology Data: Gadsup (Ontena dialect) Language [GAJ], Eastern Highlands Province" (PDF). www.sil.org. 2004-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-08.
  5. Frantz, Chester I.; Frantz, Marjorie E. (1971) [1966]. "Gadsup phoneme and toneme units". Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 5. Canberra: Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-A7.1. ISBN   0-85883-012-4.