| Nativename | Dabu |
|---|---|
| States | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province |
| Date | 2000 census |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Papuan |
| Fam 1 | Trans-Fly |
| Fam 2 | Pahoturi |
| Iso 3 | kit |
| Glotto | agob1244 |
| Glottorefname | Agob-Ende-Kawam |
| Glottofoot | no |
| Dia 1 | Agob |
| Dia 2 | Ende |
| Dia 3 | Kawam |
The Agöb languages are a group of Pahoturi languages spoken in eastern Morehead Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The language varieties include Agöb (or Dabu), Ende,[1] and Kawam.[2] Languages in this group, along with the Idi language, form a dialect chain with the Idi and Agob dialects proper at the ends of the chain.[3]
Phonology
The following phonology is of the Ende dialect. Ende is a language spoken primarily in the villages of Kinkin, Limol, and Malam by 600 to 1000 speakers.[4] Ende's phoneme inventory includes 19 consonants and 7 vowels.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/Affricate | p b | t d | ʈʂ ɖʐ | k g | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | s z | ||||
| Rhotic | ɾ~r | ɽ | |||
| Approximant | j | w | |||
| Lateral | l |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ̈ | ||
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Near-open | æ | ||
| Open | a |
See also
Bibliography
- Kate Lynn Lindsey and Bernard Comrie. 2020. Ende (Papua New Guinea) dictionary. In: Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (CLDF dataset)
Notes
- ^ "Boston University Linguist Helps Preserve an Endangered Language in Papua New Guinea". Boston University. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
- ^ Glottolog.
- ^ e18
- ^ Lindsey 2019, p. 123.
Further reading
- Lindsey, Kate L. "Ende". pp. 1–21. doi:10.1017/S0025100320000389
References
- Lindsey, Kate L. (2019). Ghost Elements in Ende Phonology (PhD). Stanford University.
- Lindsey, Kate L. (2021). "Ende". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. doi:10.1017/S0025100320000389
- Lindsey, Kate L. (2025). The ende way: short stories and songs from Limol. Open text collections. Berlin: Language Science Press. ISBN 978-3-96110-545-8.