Kakabai language

Kakabai is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Kakabai
Igora
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers
900 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqf
Glottologkaka1267

Phonology
Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar
plain labial plain labial
Plosive Voiceless p pʷ ⟨pw⟩ t k kʷ ⟨kw⟩
Voiced b bʷ ⟨bw⟩ d g gʷ ⟨gw⟩
Fricative f v s ɣ ⟨ḡ⟩
Nasal m mʷ ⟨mw⟩ n
Approximant l j ⟨y⟩ w
  • The labialized consonants /pʷ bʷ mʷ kʷ gʷ/ only appear before /a/.
  • /l/ varies dialectally between [ɺ~ɾ~l].
  • /ɣ/ is realized as [ʝ~h] before front vowels.
  • /m/ can appear syllabically.
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.[2]

References
  1. Kakabai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Svensson, Erik (2006). Kakabai Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.


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