| Bwaidoka | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province (Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island) |
Native speakers | (6,500 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bwd |
| Glottolog | bwai1242 |
Bwaidoka is anAustronesian language spoken inMilne Bay Province ofPapua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.
| 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 | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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