Angor language
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]
| Angor | |
|---|---|
| Senagi | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province, Amanab Rural LLG, 11 villages |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2004)[1] |
Senagi
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| 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
| a | b | d | e | f | g | h | i | ɨ | k | m | mb | n | nd | ŋ | ŋg | o | p | r | s | t | u | ü | w | y |
Phonology
Angor has 18 consonants, which are:[6]
p t k b d ɡ ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ ɸ s x m n ŋ ɾ w j
Angor has 7 vowels, which are:[6]
i ɨ u e ə o a
References
- Angor at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- Steer, Martin (2005). Languages of the Upper Sepik and Central New Guinea (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University.
- Loving, Richard and Jack Bass. 1964. Languages of the Amanab Sub-District. Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services.
- Litteral, Robert (1997). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2022.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links
Look up Category:Angor lemmas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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