Kakabai language

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Kakabai
Igora
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers
900 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqf
Glottologkaka1267

Kakabai is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar
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 .
  • /ɣ/ is realized as before front vowels.
  • /m/ can appear syllabically.
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kakabai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c Svensson, Erik (2006). Kakabai Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.


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