Tobo-Kube language

Papuan language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kube (Hube) and Tobo, also Mongi, are a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. They are mutually intelligible and 95% lexicostatistically cognate.[2] Dialects of Kube include Kurungtufu and Yoangen (Yoanggeng).

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Kube-Tobo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionHuon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Native speakers
(7,500 Kube (2000 census), 2,230 Tobo cited 1980 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kgf  Kube
tbv  Tobo
Glottologkube1244
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The Kube alphabet includes the letter Q with hook tail, Ɋ ɋ.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

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High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a
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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Voiceless plosive p t k k͡p ʔ
Voiced plosive b d ɡ ɡ͡b
Nasal m n ŋ
Voiceless affricate t͡s
Voiced affricate d͡z
Fricative f s h
Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant j w
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