Ankave language

Ankave
Spoken in	Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	1,600  (1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan Angan proper Ankave
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aak
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Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,600 (as of 1987^[update])^[1] Angave people in Kereme District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 2 Writing system 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		ɑ

Diphthongs: /iɑ eɑ ɑi oɑ/

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	Voiced prenasalised	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ
Affricate	Voiced prenasalised		ⁿdz
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Flap			ɾ
Fricative	Voiceless		s		x
Approximant				j	w

Writing system

An orthography using the Latin alphabet has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate.^[1]

A a	B b	D d	E e	G g	I i	Ɨ ɨ	J j	K k	X x	M m
/ɑ/	/ᵐb/	/ⁿd/	/e/	/ɡ/	/i/	/ə/	/ⁿdz/	/k/	/x/	/m/
N n	Ŋ ŋ	O o	P p	R r	S s	T t	U u	W w	Y y	´
/n/	/ŋ/	/o/	/p/	/ɾ/	/s/	/t/	/u/	/w/	/j/	/ʔ/

Notes

References

External links