Tobo-Kube language

Kube-Tobo
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Native speakers	(7,500 Kube (2000 census), 2,230 Tobo cited 1980 census) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Huon Eastern Huon Kube-Tobo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: kgf  – Kube tbv  – Tobo
Glottolog	kube1244

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

1. Kube at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Tobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
3. Sisipac Ac Ɋelia (KGF), 2012, Wycliffe Bible Translators on Bible.com

• Lee, Yongseop. (1993). Kube grammar essentials. Ms. 168pp.