Kovai language

Kovai (Kobai, Kowai) is a Papuan language spoken on Umboi Island, halfway between mainland Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain, and mostly within the caldera of that volcanic island.

Phonology

Vowels

• Vowels may be heard as lax [ɪ ɛ ʌ ɔ ʊ] when in closed syllables.

Consonants

• In word-final position /b É¡/ can be heard as devoiced [bÌ¥ ɡ̊], and may also be realized as fricatives [β É£] in intervocalic positions.

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