Bwaidoka is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.
Phonology
Consonants
- can be pronounced as alveolar , or dental when preceding central or back vowels.
- can be pronounced as a voiced plosive , or as a fricative on an unstressed syllable.
- can be pronounced as either or as in free variation.
Vowels
- Vowel sounds do not occur following labialized consonants.
- may fluctuate freely from to in syllable-final, and with as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables.
- may fluctuate freely from to on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
- may fluctuate freely from to on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
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