Rapoisi language

Konua, also known as Rapoisi, is a language of Bougainville, an island to the east of New Guinea.

Konua
Rapoisi
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBougainville
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyx
Glottolograpo1238

Phonology

Consonants
 BilabialDento-AlveolarVelarGlottal
Stop pt̪kʔ
Fricative βsɣh
Tap ɾ
  • /p/ is often pronounced as [ɸ] word initially
  • /t̪/ does not occur before /i/
  • /β ɾ ɣ/ have the allophones [b d~l g] respectively. The nasal allophones [m n ŋ] occur utterance-initial.

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low ɑ

Further reading
  • Müller, Adam. 1954. Grammatical notes on the Konua language. Posieux: Inst.

References
  1. Konua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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