Ankave or Angave is a
Papuan language
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spoken by the approximately 1,600 ()
[ Angave people in ]Kerema District
Kerema District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerema
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, Gulf Province
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, Papua New Guinea
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Phonology
Vowels
Diphthongs:
Consonants
Writing system
An orthography
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using the Latin script
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has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate
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Notes
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Further reading
*Speece, Richard F. 1988. Phonological processes affecting segments in Angave. ''Language and Linguistics in Melanesia'' 17(1/2): 1–139.
External links
Ankave dictionaryEnglish-Angave dictionary/SIL
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Languages of Gulf Province
Angan languages