| Tanggu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1991)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tgu |
| Glottolog | tang1355 |
| ELP | Tangu |
Tanggu (Tangu, Tanggum) is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑg |
| Fricative | β | s z | ʁ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
| Approximant | r | j |
- /m/ can occur syllabically [m̩] word-initially.
- /ʁ/ is heard as [ɣ] before /i/.
- /ⁿdʒ/ is pronounced [z~j] in the Wagi dialect.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
- /ɨ/ almost always occurs only in unstressed syllables and diphthongs.
Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ia/, /ɨa/, /ai/, /ui/, /au/, /ua/. /ai/ is realised as [æ] word-finally.
References
References
- Tanggu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Lotterman, Johan (1992). Tanggu Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.