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Agarabi language

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Agarabi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	27,000 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Agarabi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`agd`
Glottolog	`agar1252`

Agarabi, also called Bare, is a Kainantu language spoken in Agarabi Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[edit]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n			ʔ
Plosive	p	t		k
Rhotic		r
Approximant	w		j

Sounds /p, t, k, w/ may fluctuate to fricative sounds [ɸ, s, x, β] when between oral vowels.
Sounds /p, t/ may also be heard as voiced [b, d] within complex syllable nuclei.
/n/ may be heard as [ŋ] when before /k/.
/r/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r].
/ʔ/ may occasionally fluctuate to a fricative [h].

Vowels[edit]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	(ə)	o
Open		a

A lax /a/ is said to be heard as [ə].^[2]

References[edit]

^ AgarabiatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

^ Bee, Darlene; Luff, Lorna; Goddard, Jean (1973). Notes on Agarabi phonology. In Howard McKaughan (ed.), The languages of the Eastern Family of the East New Guinea Highland Stock: Seattle: University of Washington. pp. 414–423.