Rapoisi language

Konua, also known as Rapoisi, is a language spoken on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

• /p/ is often pronounced as word initially
• /t̪/ does not occur before /i/
• /β ɾ É£/ have the allophones [ ~ ] respectively. The nasal allophones [ ] occur utterance-initial.

Vowels

Orthography

Rapoisi is written in the Latin alphabet, with 14 letters.

Grammar

Pronouns

Vocabulary

The table below is a sample of words in Rapoisi:

Further reading

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

References