Kovai language
Kovai | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Umboi Island, Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kqb |
Glottolog | kova1243 |
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 (orthographic)[]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
Consonants (orthographic)[]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Voiceless plosive | p | t | k | |
Voiced plosive | b | g | ||
Voiced nasal | m | n | ng | |
Voiceless fricative | s | |||
Voiced fricative | z | |||
Voiced trill | r | |||
Approximant | w | l | y |
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For a list of words relating to Kovai language, see the Kovai language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Categories:
- Languages of Morobe Province
- Huon languages
- Trans–New Guinea language stubs