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Puragi
Puragi
Saga, Iwaro
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Bird's Head Peninsula
Ethnicity	Metemani
Native speakers	(700 cited 1991)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Berau Gulf South Bird's Head Nuclear/East Iwaro–Kaburi Puragi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pru
Glottolog	pura1253

Puragi (Saga or Iwaro) is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken in Puragi and Saga villages, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua.

Distribution

Consonants^[3]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	ɟ	k g	ʔ
Fricative	v		ɕ
Nasal	m	n
Approximant	w	r	j

↑ Puragi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Ronsumbre, Adolof (2020). Ensiklopedia Suku Bangsa di Provinsi Papua Barat. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Kepel Press. ISBN 978-602-356-318-0.
1 2 de Vries, Lourens J. (2004). "Puragi". A short grammar of Inanwatan: an endangered language of the Bird's head of Papua, Indonesia (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 560. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 137–143. ISBN 0858835452.

v t e South Bird's Head languages
Inanwatan–Duriankere	Duriankere Inanwatan
Konda–Yahadian	Konda Yahadian
Nuclear South Bird's Head	Kemberano Dombano Kokoda Kaburi Kais Puragi