Rapoisi language
Appearance
Konua | |
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Rapoisi | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Bougainville |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1998)[1] |
North Bougainville
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kyx |
Glottolog | rapo1238 |
Konua, also known as Rapoisi, is a language of Bougainville, an island to the east of New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Bilabial | Dento-Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
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Stop | p | t̪ | k | ʔ |
Fricative | β | s | ɣ | h |
Tap | ɾ |
- /p/ is often pronounced as [ɸ] word initially
- /t̪/ does not occur before /i/
- /β ɾ ɣ/ have the allophones [b d~l g] respectively. The nasal allophones [m n ŋ] occur utterance-initial.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Low | ɑ |
Further reading
[edit]- Müller, Adam. 1954. Grammatical notes on the Konua language. Posieux: Inst.
References
[edit]- ^ Konua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)