Aghu language

Aghu, or Central Awyu, is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia. It may actually be two languages, depending on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are:[2] Mappi River Awyu (Aghu) and Pasue River (Pasuwe River) Awyu (Nohon, ?Mitak).

This article is about the Papuan language. For the Australian language, see Aghu Tharrnggala language.
Aghu
Central Awyu
RegionPapua, Indonesia
Native speakers
(?<14,000 cited 1987–2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Aghu
  • Nohon
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ahh – Aghu
awu – Central Awyu
Glottologmapp1234

Phonology

The phonology of the Aghu language:[3]

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d~ɾ ɡ
Nasal m n
Fricative f s~ʃ x
Approximant w j
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i iː y yː u uː
Mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː
Open a aː

At the ends of words, vowels may appear both long and nasalized. This occurs historically where there was a final nasal /m/ or /n/. Within words, rather than nasal vowels there are sequences of vowel plus nasal consonant which matches the articulation of the following consonant. Thus nasal vowels may be analyzed as /Vn/ or /VN/.

References
  1. Aghu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Central Awyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Awyu". newguineaworld.
  3. van den Heuvel, Wilco (2016). Aghu: Annotated Texts With Grammatical Introduction and Vocabulary Lists. A-PL 33. Canberra: Australian National University. hdl:1885/111412. ISBN 9781922185358.

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