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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Bwaidoka
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province (Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island)
Native speakers
6,500 (2000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bwd
Glottologbwai1242

Bwaidoka is: an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.

Phonology※

Consonants※

Labial Dental/
Alveolar 		Palatal Velar
plain lab. plain lab.
Plosive voiceless t k kʷ
voiced b bʷ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f fʷ s
voiced v
Nasal m mʷ n
Lateral l
Approximant j w
  • /t/ can be, pronounced as alveolar ※,/dental ※ when preceding central. Or back vowels.
  • /ɡ/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive ※, or as a fricative ※ on an unstressed syllable.
  • /j/ can be pronounced as either ※ or as ※ in free variation.

Vowels※

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a
  • Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants.
  • /e/ may fluctuate freely from ※——to ※ in syllable-final, and with ※ as the "first vowel sound on stressed syllables."
  • /a/ may fluctuate freely from ※——to ※ on unstressed syllables. And as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
  • /o/ may fluctuate freely from ※ to ※ on unstressed syllables and "as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables."

References※

  1. ^ Bwaidoka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Gibson, Stan (1992). Bwaidoka organised phonology data. SIL.


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