Akoye language

Akoye
Akoye
Lohiki
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	(800 cited 1998)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan family Angan proper Group B Akoye; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	miw
Glottolog	akoy1238
ELP	Akoye

Akoye, also known as Lohiki or Maihiri (Mai-Hea-Ri), is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Akoye has a small phonemic inventory, which is not well described.^[2]

Consonants are /p t k, f s, m n, w/ and maybe /j/.^[3] The first four are usually voiced to [b ɾ ɡ v] after a monophthongal vowel, though sometimes the voicing is blocked for unknown reasons.

Vowels are /i e ə ɑ o u/. Diphthongs (/ɑi, əi, oi, ɑu/) are said to be rare, though vowel sequences are common, so these are perhaps not equivalent.^[4]

The most complex syllable is CCVV: /mtəəpə/ 'hair', /əəkwɑi/ 'eye'.

Tone plays a role: /ə̀ɡənə/ 'sky', /əɡə́nə/ 'lid'; /pɑɑ́/ (sp. bird), /pɑ̀ɑ/ 'body'.

References

^ Akoye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ [1]
^ /j/ is not given in the invertory, but is illustrated in the examples.
^ Perhaps /aj/ vs. /ai/?

OLAC resources in and about the Akoye language

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

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[3] /j/ is not given in the invertory, but is illustrated in the examples.

[4] Perhaps /aj/ vs. /ai/?

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