Sudest, also known as Tagula, is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea.
Name The name Sudest is a word meaning 'southeast' in French or Italian.
Phonology Consonants LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelarplainlab.plainlab.PlosivevoicelessppʷtkkʷvoicedbbʷdɟɡɡʷprenasalᵐbᵐbʷⁿdᶮɟᵑɡᵑɡʷFricativevoicedββʷðɣɣʷvoicelesssNasalmmʷnɲŋŋʷRhoticrLaterallApproximantjw
is heard as a glottal before or . is heard as , in free variation within different dialects. are originally bilabial, although many speakers under the influence of English pronounce them as labio-dental .
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseiuMideəoOpena
External links Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials (AC1, AC2) and one collection of Malcolm Ross's (MR1) materials that include Sudest-language materials.
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