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Kakabai language 
Summary
Kakabai is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
| Kakabai | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Phonology edit
| 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 [ɺ~ɾ~l].
- /ɣ/ is realized as [ʝ~h] before front vowels.
- /m/ can appear syllabically.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.[2]
References edit
- ^ Kakabai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Svensson, Erik (2006). Kakabai Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.
External links edit
- Alphabet and pronunciation