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Boiken language
Ndu language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boiken (Nucum, Yangoru) is one of the more populous of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken around Boiken Creek in Yangoru-Saussia District, East Sepik Province and adjacent islands off the north coast of northern Papua New Guinea.[1]
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Phonology
- Stop sounds /p, t̪s̪, t, k/ are heard as voiced [b, d̪z̪, d, ɡ] when following a nasal counterpart.
- /k/ has an allophone of a glottal [ʔ] in word-final position, or when preceding a consonant in word-medial position.
- Sounds /ɸ, s, x/ can be voiced as [β, z, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
- /n/ is heard as [ŋ] when preceding velar consonants, or freely in word-final position.
- /r/ can be heard as a voiceless trill [r̥] in word-initial positions.
- /ɨ, ə/ have allophones of [ɪ, ɛ] when following dental and alveolar sounds.
- /u/ has an allophone of [ʊ] when preceding /k/ heard as a glottal [ʔ] in word-medial and word-final positions.
- /o/ has an allophone of [ɔ] when following labial and velar sounds.
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