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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.^{[citation needed]}

Phonology

Consonants^[2]
	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^[2]
	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.^[2]

References

^ Anuki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c Landweer, Lyn (2000). Anuki Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

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

External links

Alphabet and pronunciation

[e18-1] Anuki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[opd-2] Landweer, Lyn (2000). Anuki Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

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