Asụsụ Ewage
Ewage, makwaara dị ka Notu, bụ asụsụ Papuan a na-asụ na "ọdụ" nke Papua New Guinea . Mmasị maka aha na-adabere na mpaghara. Olumba ya abụọ bụ Sose/Sohe (Western Plains Orokaiva) na Ifane/Ihane (Eastern Plains Orokaiva) (Smallhorn 2011:47).
fonology
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ihu imi | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | enweghị olu | t | k | ||
| kwuputara | b | d | ɡ | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | d | ᵑɡ | ||
| Mmekọrịta | kwuputara | dz | |||
| prenasal | dz | ||||
| Nke na-ese okwu | ɸ | s | ɣ | ||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
| Odika | w | (l) | j | ||
- Enwere ike ịkpọ /ᵑɡ/ dị ka [ŋ] mgbe ọ nọ n'ọnọdụ etiti okwu.
- /w/ nwere ike ịkpọ dị ka [β] mgbe tupu ụdaume n'ihu /i, ɛ/.
- Enwere ike ịkpọ /ɾ/ dị ka [l] ma ọ bụ [ɾ] na mgbanwe n'efu n'ọkwa niile. [1]
| N'ihu | Central | Azu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elu | i | u | |
| N'etiti | ɛ | ọ | |
| Dị ala | a |
Ntụaka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ
- ↑ Parrington (1994). Ewage (Notu-Ewage, Notu) Language [NOU] Popondetta – Oro Province. Organised Phonology Data: SIL.
- Smallhorn, Jacinta Mary. 2011. Asụsụ Binanderean nke Papua New Guinea: mwughari na nchikota . Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.