Nend language

Nend
Angaua
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3anh
Glottolognend1239
Coordinates: 5°01′17″S 144°50′29″E / 5.021378°S 144.841326°E / -5.021378; 144.841326 (Pasinkap)

Nend (Nent), or Angaua, is a Papuan language spoken by the Angaua people of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Pasinkap village (5°01′17″S 144°50′29″E / 5.021378°S 144.841326°E / -5.021378; 144.841326 (Pasinkap)) of Arabaka Rural LLG, Madang Province.[1][2]

Phonology

Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Dorsal
Plosive p t tʃ dʒ k kʷ
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿz ⁿdʒ ᵑk ᵑg ᵑgʷ
Fricative v s z h
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w l j
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
High i ɨ u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ a b Nend at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ a b Harris, Kyle (1990). "Nend Grammar Essentials" (PDF). Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages. 37: 73–156.


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