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Enga language

Index Enga language

Enga is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands spoken by a quarter-million people in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. [1]

18 relations: Affricate consonant, Alveolar consonant, Approximant consonant, Arafundi languages, Bilabial consonant, Enga Province, Engan languages, Kaipuleohone, Latin script, Malay trade and creole languages, Nasal consonant, Palatal consonant, Papua New Guinea, Prenasalized consonant, Retroflex consonant, Stop consonant, Trans–New Guinea languages, Velar consonant.

Affricate consonant

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

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Alveolar consonant

Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth.

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Approximant consonant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

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Arafundi languages

The Arafundi languages are a small family of clearly related languages, namely Alfendio is an old synonym for Arafundi, from when it was still considered a single language.

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Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips.

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Enga Province

Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

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Engan languages

The Engan languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross.

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Kaipuleohone

Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages.

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Latin script

Latin or Roman script is a set of graphic signs (script) based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, which is derived from a form of the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet, used by the Etruscans.

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Malay trade and creole languages

In addition to its classical and literary form, Malay had various regional dialects established before the rise of the Malaccan Sultanate.

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Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive, nasal stop in contrast with a nasal fricative, or nasal continuant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

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Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Prenasalized consonant

Prenasalized consonants are phonetic sequences of a nasal and an obstruent (or occasionally a non-nasal sonorant such as) that behave phonologically like single consonants.

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Retroflex consonant

A retroflex consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.

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Stop consonant

In phonetics, a stop, also known as a plosive or oral occlusive, is a consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

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Trans–New Guinea languages

Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken in New Guinea and neighboring islands, perhaps the third-largest language family in the world by number of languages.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (known also as the velum).

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Redirects here:

Arafundi-Enga Pidgin, Arafundi-Enga Pidgin language, Caga, Caga language, ISO 639:enq, Tchaga, Tchaga language, Tsaga, Tsaga language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enga_language

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