Kakabai is an
Austronesian
Austronesian may refer to:
*The Austronesian languages
*The historical Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ...
language spoken in
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
Phonology
* The labialized consonants /pʷ bʷ mʷ kʷ gʷ/ only appear before /a/.
* /l/ varies dialectally between
�~ɾ~l
* /ɣ/ is realized as
�~hbefore front vowels.
* /m/ can appear syllabically.
Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.
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References
External links
Alphabet and pronunciation
Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
Languages of Milne Bay Province
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