Bwaidoka language
Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Bwaidoka is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.
NativetoPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province (Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island)
Native speakers
(6,500 cited 2000)[1]| Bwaidoka | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province (Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island) |
Native speakers | (6,500 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bwd |
| Glottolog | bwai1242 |
Phonology
Consonants
- /t/ can be pronounced as alveolar [t], or dental [t̪] when preceding central or back vowels.
- /ɡ/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive [ɡ], or as a fricative [ɣ] on an unstressed syllable.
- /j/ can be pronounced as either [j] or as [ð] in free variation.
Vowels
- Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants.
- /e/ may fluctuate freely from [e] to [ə] in syllable-final, and with [ɛ] as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables.
- /a/ may fluctuate freely from [a] to [ə] on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
- /o/ may fluctuate freely from [o] to [ɔ] on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.[2]
