Aghu, or Central Awyu, is a Papuan language of South Papua, Indonesia. It may actually be two languages, depending on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are: Mappi River Awyu (Aghu) and Pasue River Awyu (Nohon, Mitak).
Phonology The phonology of the Aghu language:
+ Consonants Labial AlveolarPalatal Velar NasalPlosivevoicelessvoiced~ Fricative~ Approximant +VowelsFrontCentralBackClose Mid Open
The front rounded vowel /y/ is unusual among local languages in Indonesia, but it can also be found in few others such as Ulumanda’. At the ends of words, vowels may appear both long and nasalized. This occurs historically where there was a final nasal /m/ or /n/. Within words, rather than nasal vowels there are sequences of vowel plus nasal consonant which matches the articulation of the following consonant. Thus nasal vowels may be analyzed as /Vn/ or /VN/.
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Further reading
External links Aghu (ahh) Swadesh List by The Rosetta Project at the Internet Archive Aghu at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam OLAC resources in and about the Aghu language OLAC resources in and about the Central Awyu language OLAC resources in and about the Jair Awyu language OLAC resources in and about the North Awyu language