Rapoisi language

Konua, also known as Rapoisi, is a language of Bougainville, an island to the east of New Guinea.

Konua
Rapoisi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Bougainville
Native speakers	(3,500 cited 1998)
Language family	North Bougainville Konua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kyx
Glottolog	rapo1238

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dento-Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t̪	k	ʔ
Fricative	β	s	ɣ	h
Tap		ɾ

• /p/ is often pronounced as [ɸ] word initially
• /t̪/ does not occur before /i/
• /β ɾ ɣ/ have the allophones [b d~l g] respectively. The nasal allophones [m n ŋ] occur utterance-initial.

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	ɑ

Further reading

• Müller, Adam. 1954. Grammatical notes on the Konua language. Posieux: Inst.