Tigak language

Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tigak (or Omo) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 6,000 people (in 1991)[2] in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.

Languages of the New Ireland languages group

The Tigak language area includes the provincial capital, Kavieng.

Phonology

Phoneme inventory of the Tigak language:

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Consonant sounds
Labial Alveolar Velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b g
Rhotic r
Fricative voiceless β s
lateral ɮ
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/r/ can also be realized as [ɾ] allophonically. Both /k, ɡ/ are back-released as [k̠, ɡ̠].

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Vowel sounds
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ɔ
Low a
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More information Phoneme, Allophones ...
Phoneme Allophones
/i/ [i], [ɪ], [y]
/e/ [e], [ɛ]
/a/ [ʌ], [a]
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Two vowels /i u/ in word-initial form can also be released as consonantal allophones [w j].[3]

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