Kakabai language

Kakabai is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Kakabai
Igora
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers	900 (2003)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Kakabai–Dawawa Kakabai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kqf
Glottolog	kaka1267

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar	Velar
		plain	labial		plain	labial
Plosive	Voiceless	p	pʷ ⟨pw⟩	t	k	kʷ ⟨kw⟩
	Voiced	b	bʷ ⟨bw⟩	d	g	gʷ ⟨gw⟩
Fricative		f v		s	ɣ ⟨ḡ⟩
Nasal		m	mʷ ⟨mw⟩	n
Approximant				l	j ⟨y⟩	w

• The labialized consonants /pʷ bʷ mʷ kʷ gʷ/ only appear before /a/.
• /l/ varies dialectally between [ɺ~ɾ~l].
• /ɣ/ is realized as [ʝ~h] before front vowels.
• /m/ can appear syllabically.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Stress is usually found on the penultimate syllable.

External links

• Alphabet and pronunciation