Asụsụ Bunama

Bunama
Spoken in:	Papua New Guinea
Total speakers:	4,000
Language family:	Tustrunizit  Malayo-Polynesian   Oceanic    Western Oceanic     Papuan Tip      Bunama
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	—
ISO 639-3:	bdd

Bunama bụ asụsụ Austronesia a na-asụ na D'Entrecasteaux Islands nke Papua New Guinea .

fonology

Consonants

		Labial		eze / Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		larịị	ụlọ nyocha.			larịị	ụlọ nyocha.	larịị	ụlọ nyocha.
Plosive	vless/asp.	p	pʷ	t̪ʰ				ʔ	ʔʷ
	kwuputara	b	bỤ	d		ɡ	ɡʷ
Nke na-ese okwu				s				h	hʷ
Ihu imi		m	mʷ	n
N'akụkụ				ɺ
Odika				j		w

• /p/ can fluctuate to aspirated [pʰ] in stressed syllables.
• /b d ɡ/ can also be heard as [ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ] word-initially in stressed syllables.
• /b/ can be heard as a fricative [β] intervocalically in word-medial position.
• /d/ can be heard as a tap [ɾ] intervocalically in word-medial position.
• /s/ can be heard as a more fronted [s̪] in unstressed syllables following vowels /ɛ, a/.
• Prevoicing of the lateral flap [ ̬ɺ] may also occur in initial positions.
• /ɺ/ may also be heard as a retroflex flap [ɽ] depending on the dialect of the speaker. It can also be heard as [ ̬ɽ] when realized as prevoiced in word-initial positions.
• /w/ may fluctuate to a labio-dental [v] among some speakers.
• /j/ may be realized as a dental approximant [ð̞] when before /a/.

Udaume

	N'ihu	Central	Azu
Mechie	i		ʊ
N'etiti	ɛ		o
Mepee		a

• /a/ is heard as [ɒ] before and after a labialized consonant, or with sounds /w/, /ʔ/. It is also heard as [ʌ] word-medially and word-finally in unstressed syllables.
• /ʊ/ is heard as [ʊ] word-medially and word-finally but never following labialized consonants, or semivowels /w, j/. It is heard as [u] when following sounds /s t̪ʰ/.
• /o/ can be heard as [ɔ] when preceding a glottal stop /ʔ/.

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