Gadsup is a

Kainantu language Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the "High ...

spoken by the people of the same name in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Phonology

Consonants

* /ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x/ become plosives , b, t, d, kwhen preceded by /N, ʔ/, but initially and medially they are fricatives or � The phonology of Akuna Gadsup is similar to Ontena Gadsup, except voiceless plosives don't leniate initially, but they do medially.

Vowels

can also be heard as .

References

External links

Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to ...

open acces
vocabulary and phrases in Gadsup
* Paradisec open acces
audio recordings in Gadsup
{{Kainantu–Goroka languages Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province