Nobonob language

Nobonob
Nobonob
Garuh
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	5,000 (2005 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Madang Croisilles linkage Mabuso Hanseman Nobonob; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gaw
Glottolog	nobo1238

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Nobonob (Nobanob, Nobnob), also known as Butelkud-Guntabak or Garuh (cf. closely related Garus), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The language is expanding slightly. Ari (Ati, A’i) is a dialect.

Phonology

Vowels (orthographic)

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ii		u uu
Mid	e ee		o oo
Open		a aa

Consonants (orthographic)

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Voiceless stop	p p̱	t ṯ		k ḵ
Voiced stop/implosive	b q	d ḏ		g g̱
Nasal	m	n
Fricative		(s)			h
Approximant	w	l	y

External links

Materials on Nobonob are included in the open access collections AC1 and CVL1 held by Paradisec.

References

^ Nobonob at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[e18-1] Nobonob at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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