Anuki language

The Anuki language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gabobora people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The language was named after a highly respected deity of the people, whose sacred remains now rest in Australia.

Anuki
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers	890 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Anuki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aui
Glottolog	anuk1239
ELP	Anuki
Anuki is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g	kʷ ⟨kw⟩ gʷ ⟨gw⟩	ʔ
Fricative	v	s	ɣ ⟨gh⟩
Nasal	m m̩ː ⟨mm⟩	n	ŋ
Approximant		r	j ⟨y⟩	w

• Consonants can be labialized in stressed syllables or before /ɨi/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ [a]	u
Near-High			ʊ ⟨ou⟩
Mid	e		o
Low		a

^a /ɨ/ is only found in the diphthong /ɨi/.

Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ɨi/, /ae/, /ai/, /au/, /ei/, /eo/, /eu/, /iu/, /oe/, /oi/. /ɨi/ is written as ⟨ii⟩.

Stress is always found on the penultimate syllable.

References

Landweer, M. Lynn. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Anuki Language, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea." 2001

External links

• Alphabet and pronunciation