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Gadsup is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea.

Gadsup
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity	Gadsup
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1996 – 2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Gadsup
Dialects	Oyana, Akuna, Ontenu^[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gaj` – inclusive code Individual code: `ont` – Ontenu village
Glottolog	`gads1258`

Phonology

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Consonants

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Ontena Gadsup's consonants^[3]^[4]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Group 1	ɸ, β	s, ɾ	x
Group 2	m	n	j	ʔ

/ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x/ become plosives [p, b, t, d, k] when preceded by /N, ʔ/, but initially and medially they are [/ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x, ɾ].^[3]

Akuna Gadsup's consonants^[3]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Group 1	p	t, d	k
Group 2	m, β	n	j	ʔ

The phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similar to Ontena Gadsup, except voiceless plosives don't lenite initially, but they do medially.^[3]

Vowels

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^[4]	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ɐ	o
Low		a

/ɐ/ can also be heard as [ʌ̈].^[5]

References

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^ GadsupatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Ontenu villageatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022)

^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ulfsbjorninn, Shanti; Lahrouchi, Mohamed (2016). "The typology of the distribution of Edge: The propensity for bipositionality". Papers in Historical Phonology. 1: 109. doi:10.2218/pihph.1.2016.1696.

^ ^a ^b "Organised Phonology Data: Gadsup (Ontena dialect) Language [GAJ], Eastern Highlands Province" (PDF). www.sil.org. 2004-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-08.

^ Frantz, Chester I.; Frantz, Marjorie E. (1971) [1966]. "Gadsup phoneme and toneme units". Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 5. Canberra: Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-A7.1. ISBN 0-85883-012-4.

External links

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Paradisec open access vocabulary and phrases in Gadsup
Paradisec open access audio recordings in Gadsup

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