Angor language
Senagi language of Papua New Guinea
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Angor (Anggor) a.k.a. Senagi is a Senagi language of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in 11 villages of Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, including Senagi village (3.681265°S 141.20755°E) of Bibriari ward.[1][2]
RegionPapua New Guinea: Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages
Native speakers
1,500 (2004)[1]Senagi
- Angor
| Angor | |
|---|---|
| Senagi | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2004)[1] |
Senagi
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | agg |
| Glottolog | ango1254 |
| ELP | Angor |
| Coordinates: 3.681265°S 141.20755°E | |
Dialects
Dialects are Wai (Central Anggor) and Samanai (Southern Anggor).[3]
Loving and Bass (1964) list these Anggor dialects and their villages:[4]
- Western: Mongo
- Central west: Amandan (3.690148°S 141.168092°E), Fisi, Kwaraman (3.651891°S 141.156937°E), Puramen (3.650583°S 141.17401°E)
- Central east: Akrani, Baribari, Bibriari (3.662695°S 141.213604°E), Merere, Nai (3.624291°S 141.289758°E), Senagi (3.681265°S 141.20755°E), Unupuwai, Wamu (3.669845°S 141.229746°E)
- Southern: Samanai
Writing system
| Orthography | IPA | |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | /ɑ/ |
| B | b | /b/ |
| D | d | /d/ |
| E | e | /e/ |
| F | f | /ɸ/ |
| G | g | /ɡ/ |
| H | h | /x/ |
| I | i | /i/ |
| Ɨ | ɨ | /ə/ |
| K | k | /k/ |
| M | m | /m/ |
| Mb | mb | /ᵐb/ |
| N | n | /n/ |
| Nd | nd | /ⁿd/ |
| Ŋ | ŋ | /ŋ/ |
| Ŋg | ŋg | /ᵑɡ/ |
| O | o | /o/ |
| P | p | /p/ |
| R | r | /ɾ/ |
| S | s | /s/ |
| T | t | /t/ |
| U | u | /u/ |
| Ü | ü | /ɨ/ |
| W | w | /w/ |
| Y | y | /j/ |
Phonology
Consonants
Angor has the following 18 consonants.[6][5]
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:[5]
- /ɸ/ is voiced [β] word medially.
- /x/ is voiced [ɣ] word medially.
- /ɾ/ is sometimes retroflexed after /a/.
- Final unstressed vowels, especially /ə/, tend to be elided in speech after voiceless plosives /p t k/, prenasalized plosives /ᵐb ⁿd/, and /m n ŋ x/. Prenasalized consonants are pronounced voiceless and aspirated in this position.
Vowels
Monophthongs
Angor has the following 7 monophthongs.[6]
- Foley did not explicitly label these as close-mid, but they are written higher than /ə/ in the vowel diagram.
Diphthongs
| Phoneme | Orthography | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Closing | /ai/ | kaiahɨ | white cockatoo |
| hai | fire | ||
| /au/ | nau | like.V.COMP | |
| bau | father | ||
| /ao/ | penao | knife | |
| sao | give.me.IMP | ||
| /ei/ | ahei | go.3FPL | |
| /o.u/[a] | hou | COMPL.3MPL | |
| tɨ mouyanɨ | mosquito | ||
| Opening | /oa/ | koako | shell |
| gogoa | there | ||
| Height-harmonic | /ui/ | mbuifɨ | fingernail |
| yikui | papaya | ||
| /oe/ | hoeyembɨ | sugarcane | |
| baboe | type of banana | ||
| nɨmoei | stone |
- /o.u/ is technically a vowel sequence
Litteral notes the following allophonic processes:[5]
- /e/ tends to be phonetically a glide [eɪ̯] in the medial position (e.g., tefɨ [teɪ̯βə] 'tongue').
- /o/ is generally [ɔ] before [ⁿd] and [ɾ].
