Ewage, also known as Notu, 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 in the "tail" of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. Preference for the name depends on the region. Its two dialects are Sose/Sohe (Western Plains Orokaiva) and Ifane/Ihane (Eastern Plains Orokaiva) (Smallhorn 2011:47).
Phonology
* /ᵑɡ/ can be pronounced as
‹when in word-medial position.
* /w/ can be pronounced as
²when before front vowels /i, É›/.
* /ɾ/ can be pronounced as
or
¾in free variation in all positions.
References
*Smallhorn, Jacinta Mary. 2011. ''The Binanderean languages of Papua New Guinea: reconstruction and subgrouping''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Languages of Oro Province
Greater Binanderean languages
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