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Alekano language
Alekano, or Gahuku (Gahuku-Gama), is a Papuan language spoken in the northern district of Goroka Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. There are about 25,000 speakers.〔(Ethnologue report for Alekano )〕
Alekano is also known as Gahuku, after the name of the largest clan of speakers, or Gama, after the second largest clan. Calling the language by these names has been rejected by speakers who are not members of these clans and Alekano has been largely adopted as the official name. Alekano means “bring it”. In two closely related languages spoken directly to the northwest, Tokano and Dano, it also means “bring it”.〔Deibler, Ellis W. 1987. "The function of glottal stop in Gahuku." In John M. Clifton (ed.), Studies in Melanesian orthographies, 23-30. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 33. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ()〕〔Deibler, Ellis W., compiler. Available: 2008; Created: 2008. Dictionaries of Alekano - English and English - Alekano. () iii, 311 p. ()〕
==Phonology==
Alekano has 5 vowels, all unrounded, which is exceptional. It has 12 consonants, though , a voiced labio-velar approximant, is only found in the village named ''Wanima'', in derivations or in Pidgin loanwords.〔1992. Alekano Organised Phonology Data. () ()〕
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