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Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge) is an
East Papuan language The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands. There is no evidence ...
spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of
Kieta District Kieta is a port town located on the eastern coast of the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, near the township of Arawa. After extensive destruction during the 1990 Civil Uprising on Bougainville, Kieta has few inhabitants now, and is kno ...
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Bougainville Province Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the r ...
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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 ...
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Phonology


Vowels


Consonants

Nasals can be
syllabic Syllabic may refer to: * Syllable, a unit of speech sound, considered the building block of words ** Syllabic consonant, a consonant that forms the nucleus of a syllable * Syllabary, writing system using symbols for syllables *Abugida, writing syst ...
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References

* * * Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville South Bougainville languages {{papuan-lang-stub