Language
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Gadsup is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea .
Phonology
Consonants
/ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x/ become plosives when preceded by /N, ʔ/, but initially and medially they are . The phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similar to Ontena Gadsup, except voiceless plosives don't lenite initially, but they do medially.
Vowels
/ɐ/ can also be heard as .
References
Gadsup at Ethnologue Ontenu village at Ethnologue ^ 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 .
^ "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) . "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
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