Tainae language
Angan language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Tainae is an Angan language of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Famba (7.506365°S 145.811363°E, Paiguna, and Pio (7.504143°S 145.795808°E) of Kotidanga Rural LLG are the main villages.[1][2]
NativetoPapua New Guinea
RegionGulf Province
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1991)[1]Trans–New Guinea
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Angan
- Southwest
- Akoye–Tainae
- Tainae
- Akoye–Tainae
- Southwest
| Tainae | |
|---|---|
| Ivori | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gulf Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ago |
| Glottolog | tain1253 |
A grammatical sketch of Tainae was written by Carlson (1991).[3]
Phonology
- Unvoiced consonants are voiced intervocalically or when adjacent to a voiced consonant.
- /d/ is unvoiced [t] when following another consonant.
- /k/ is palatalized [kʲ] after /i/, and labialized [kʷ] adjacent to /u/.
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ai/, /ae/, /ao/, /au/, /oi/.
Stress is usually penultimate, unless that syllable contains /ɨ/, in which case stress moves leftwards to the first syllable that does not contain /ɨ/.[4]
