Sougb, or Sogh, is a

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of the East Bird's Head language family spoken in the east of the

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to the east of Meyah and to the south of

Manokwari Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital city, capital of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of West Papua (province), West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status in Indonesia, city ...

, including the area of Soug Jaya District,

Teluk Wondama Regency Teluk Wondama Regency or Wondama Bay Regency (; Dutch: ''Regentschap Wondammen-baai'') is a regency of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 4,844.035 km2, and had a population of 26,321 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Sta ...

. It consists of four dialects and is spoken by around 12,000 people in all. The language is alternatively known as Mantion, or Manikion, an originally derogatory term used by the Biak people.

Distribution

Locations: * Pegunungan Arfak Regency **Anggi District *

Manokwari Regency Manokwari Regency is a regency in West Papua, Indonesia. Following the splitting away of twenty of its former districts in 2013, it now covers an area of 2,762.89 km2 and had a population of 192,663 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, ...

**Manokwari Barat District (in Ayambori village) and Warmare District * Manokwari Selatan Regency **Dataran Isim District: Tubes and Duhugesa villages * Manokwari Selatan Regency (Bohon dialect) **Tahota District: Seimeba village *

Teluk Bintuni Regency Teluk Bintuni Regency or Bintuni Bay Regency is a regency of West Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 18,637 km2, comprising administrative districts on three sides of Bintuni Bay, a gulf that separates the Bird's Head Peninsula an ...

(Raw dialect) **Manimeri District: Atibo, Pasamai, and Botai villages **Bintuni District: Bintuni village *

(Wepu dialect) **Sougb Jaya District: Kaprus, Siresi, Yarmatum, Reyob, and Nuspairo villages **Rumberpon District: Iseren and Watitindau villages

Phonology

Consonants

* Stops /b, d/ are always voiced in word-initial and intervocalic positions, but are heard as voiceless

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when in word-final positions. * The lateral and trill sounds /l, r/ are only heard interchangeably, freely among speech. * Glides

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are heard as a result of /i, u/ within vowel sequences (such as /ei, ou, ai, au/). * /ɡʷ/ is written as ''gb'', and normally heard as . But it may also be heard as , , or when in intervocalic positions. * /n/ can be heard as a palatal when following /i/, and as a velar when preceding a velar stop. * /h/ can be heard as when in word-final position. * /ɡ/ can also be heard as a voiced fricative in intervocalic positions.

Vowels

* /i/ can be heard as in unstressed syllables. * /a/ can be heard as in closed syllables.

References

External links

* Materials on Sougb are included in the open access

Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South W ...

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