Rapoisi language

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

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

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.