Gadsup language

Gadsup
Gadsup
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity	Gadsup
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1996 – 2000 census)[2]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Gadsup; ; ; ;
Dialects	Oyana, Akuna, Ontenu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gaj – inclusive code; Individual code:; ont – Ontenu village[3]
Glottolog	gads1258

Gadsup is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Ontena Gadsup's consonants[4][5]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Group 1	ɸ, β	s, ɾ	x
Group 2	m	n	j	ʔ

/ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x/ become plosives [p, b, t, d, k] when preceded by /N, ʔ/ but initially and medially they are fricatives or [ɾ].[4]

Akuna Gadsup's consonants[4]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Group 1	p	t, d	k
Group 2	m, β	n	j	ʔ

Phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similar to Ontena Gadsup except that voiceless plosive dont leniate initially but they do medially.[4]

Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
Gadsup at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ontenu village [1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
Ulfsbjorninn, Shanti; Lahrouchi, Mohamed (2016). "The typology of the distribution of Edge: The propensity for bipositionality". Papers in Historical Phonology. 1: 109. doi:10.2218/pihph.1.2016.1696.
"Organised Phonology Data: Gadsup ( Ontena dialect) Language [GAJ], Eastern Highlands Province" (PDF). www.sil.org.

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