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Bwaidoka is an Austronesian language spoken in
Milne Bay Province Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
of
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. It is a local lingua franca.


Phonology


Consonants

* /t/ can be pronounced as alveolar or dental ̪when preceding central or back vowels. * /É¡/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive ¡ or as a fricative £on an unstressed syllable. * /j/ can be pronounced as either or as °in free variation.


Vowels

* Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants. * /e/ may fluctuate freely from to ™in syllable-final, and with ›as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /a/ may fluctuate freely from to ™on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /o/ may fluctuate freely from to ”on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.


References

Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub