Bwaidoka is an

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language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.

Phonology

Consonants

* /t/ can be pronounced as alveolar or dental ̪when preceding central or back vowels. * /ɡ/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive � or as a fricative �on an unstressed syllable. * /j/ can be pronounced as either or as �in free variation.

Vowels

* Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants. * /e/ may fluctuate freely from to �in syllable-final, and with �as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /a/ may fluctuate freely from to �on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /o/ may fluctuate freely from to �on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.

References

Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub