Orokaiva language
Binanderean language of Papua New Guinea
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Orokaiva is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.
NativetoPapua New Guinea
RegionOro Province
EthnicityOrokaiva
Native speakers
(47,000 cited 2000 census – 2007)[1]| Orokaiva | |
|---|---|
| Orokaivic | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Oro Province |
| Ethnicity | Orokaiva |
Native speakers | (47,000 cited 2000 census – 2007)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:okv – Orokaivahkk – Hunjaraaez – Aeka |
| Glottolog | orok1268 |
| IETF | okv[2] |
Varieties
Orokaiva is spoken in 200 villages around Popondetta in Oro Province.
Hunjara is spoken in Kokoda Rural LLG of Oro Province.
Aeka is spoken in Tamata Rural LLG of Oro Province.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
- Voiced stops /b, d, ɡ/ may fluctuate to prenasalized stop sounds [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ] in word-initial position. The prenasalized stop sounds are also heard among the voiced stops when in post-nasal sequences.
- /b/ can be heard as [β] in intervocalic positions, and may also be heard as a voiced bilabial rounded fricative [β̹] when before /a/ in intervocalic positions..
- /d/ may occur as flap sounds [ɾ, ɽ, ɺ] in free fluctuation in word-medial positions, except when after a nasal sound.
- /d͡z/ may have fluctuating allophones of [d͡ʒ, ʒ] occurring in syllable-initial positions.
- Word-final nasal sounds /-n, -ŋ/ when after a vowel, may result in vowel nasalization [Ṽ].
Vowels
- Sounds [i, u, a] can have allophones [ɪ, ʊ, ʌ].