Kakabai_language

Kakabai language

Kakabai language

Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea

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

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Phonology

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • 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.
More information Front, Central ...

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

References

  1. [1]
    Kakabai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Svensson, Erik (2006). Kakabai Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.


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