• Source: 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

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




= Consonants

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In word-final position /b ɡ/ can be heard as devoiced [b̥ ɡ̊], and may also be realized as fricatives [β ɣ] in intervocalic positions.




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