Angor (Anggor) 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 () of Bibriari ward.

Dialects

Dialects are Wai (Central Anggor) and Samanai (Southern Anggor).

Angor language

Loving and Bass (1964) list these Anggor dialects and their villages:

Angor language

Western: Mongo

Central west: Amandan (), Fisi, Kwaraman (), Puramen () Central east: Akrani, Baribari, Bibriari (), Merere, Nai (), Senagi (), Unupuwai, Wamu () Southern: Samanai

Angor language

Writing system

Phonology

Consonants

Angor has the following 18 consonants.

Litteral notes the following allophonic processes: /ɸ/ is voiced [] word medially. /x/ is voiced [] word medially. /ɾ/ is sometimes retroflexed after /a/. Final unstressed vowels, especially /ə/, tend to be elided in speech after voiceless plosives /p t k/, prenasalized plosives /ᵐb ⁿd/, and /m n ŋ x/. Prenasalized consonants are pronounced voiceless and aspirated in this position.

Vowels

Monophthongs

Angor has the following 7 monophthongs.

Diphthongs

Litteral notes the following allophonic processes: /e/ tends to be phonetically a glide [eɪ̯] in the medial position (e.g., [teɪ̯βə] 'tongue'). /o/ is generally [ɔ] before [ⁿd] and [ɾ].

References

External links

Angor Grammar Sketch

PARADISEC archive items for Angor language

Senagi languages

Languages of Sandaun Province