Aion a.k.a. Ambakich is a Keram language of

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. It is only spoken by adults; children grow up speaking

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Phonology

* /t/ and /ŋ/ only appear in loanwords. * /p/ may sometimes be heard as � * /k/ is sometimes pronounced as or � usually word-initially. * /tʃ/ can manifest as or when adjacent to /ɨ/, * In certain words, the prenasalized consonants are denasalized. * /s/ is occasionally �before /i/. * /n/ is heard as �before /i/, and �before /u/. * Following /o/ and before any other vowel, /w/ is realized as � * Before /a/, /j/ is heard as � * Before the high vowels /i ɨ u/, /j/ is pronounced ʒ * The high vowels /i ɨ u/ do not occur word-initially. * /e/ is occasionally centralized to � * /a/ is typically raised to �in open syllables. * /a/ can also range in realization to � � and � * /u/ is sometimes unrounded to � * /ɨ/ is often deleted between two consonants. Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ai/, /ei/, /oi/, /au/, /ou/.

References

Keram languages Languages of East Sepik Province Endangered Papuan languages {{papuan-lang-stub