Nobonob
Garuh
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
5,000 (2005 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gaw
Glottolognobo1238

Nobonob (Nobanob, Nobnob), also known as Butelkud-Guntabak or Garuh (cf. closely related Garus), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The language is expanding slightly. Ari (Ati, A’i) is a dialect.

Phonology

Vowels (orthographic)

Front Central Back
Close i ii u uu
Mid e ee o oo
Open a aa

Consonants (orthographic)

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p p̱ t ṯ k ḵ
Voiced stop/implosive b q d ḏ g g̱
Nasal m n
Fricative (s) h
Approximant w l y
  • Materials on Nobonob are included in the open access collections AC1 and CVL1 held by Paradisec.

References

  1. Nobonob at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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