- Source: Dobu language
Dobu or Dobuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands.
Phonology
= Consonants
=Sounds /p, t, k/ may also be aspirated in free variation as [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] in all environments.
The lateral flap /ɺ/ may fluctuate with an alveolar vibrant flap [ɾ] depending on the dialect of the speaker.
/j/ may also fluctuate with a fricative [ʝ] within vocabulary.
= Vowels
=/a/ may be heard as [ʌ] in unstressed syllables.
/ɔ/ may be heard as slightly more centralized [ɔ̽] when following labialized consonants in unstressed positions.
/u/ may be heard as [ʊ] in unstressed syllables.
External links
An open access collection of singing in Dobu is available through Paradisec.
Historical open access collections of recordings in Dobu are available through Paradisec, including the Malcome Ross collection (MR1) and two Arthur Campbell collections (AC1 and AC2)