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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Kakabai | |
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Igora | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel |
Native speakers | 900 (2003)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kqf |
Glottolog | kaka1267 |
Kakabai is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
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plain | labial | plain | labial | |||
Plosive | Voiceless | p | pʷ ⟨pw⟩ | t | k | kʷ ⟨kw⟩ |
Voiced | b | bʷ ⟨bw⟩ | d | g | gʷ ⟨gw⟩ | |
Fricative | f v | s | ɣ ⟨ḡ⟩ | |||
Nasal | m | mʷ ⟨mw⟩ | n | |||
Approximant | l | j ⟨y⟩ | w |
- The labialized consonants /pʷ bʷ mʷ kʷ gʷ/ only appear before /a/.
- /l/ varies dialectally between [ɺ~ɾ~l].
- /ɣ/ is realized as [ʝ~h] before front vowels.
- /m/ can appear syllabically.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.[2]
References
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