Nobonob language

Nobonob
Garuh
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	5,000 (2005 census)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Madang Croisilles linkage Mabuso Hanseman Nobonob
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gaw
Glottolog	nobo1238

Nobonob (Nobanob, Nobnob), also known as Butelkud-Guntabak or Garuh (cf. closely related Garus), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The language is expanding slightly. Ari (Ati, A’i) is a dialect.

Phonology

Vowels (orthographic)

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ii		u uu
Mid	e ee		o oo
Open		a aa

Consonants (orthographic)

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Voiceless stop	p p̱	t ṯ		k ḵ
Voiced stop/implosive	b q	d ḏ		g g̱
Nasal	m	n
Fricative		(s)			h
Approximant	w	l	y

External links

• Materials on Nobonob are included in the open access collections AC1 and CVL1 held by Paradisec.