Ankave or Angave is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...

spoken by the approximately 1,500 () Angave people in

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History

In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers. In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers.

Phonology

Vowels

Diphthongs:

Consonants

Writing system

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using the

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has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are

literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

Notes

External links

Ankave dictionaryEnglish-Angave dictionary/SIL
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of Gulf Province Angan languages