Bwaidoka language
# Bwaidoka language

Bwaidoka is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca.

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | plain | lab. | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | plain | lab. |
| Plosive | voiceless | | | t | | k | kʷ |
| Plosive | voiced | b | bʷ | | | ɡ | ɡ |
| Fricative | voiceless | f | fʷ | s | | | |
| Fricative | voiced | v | v | | | | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | mʷ | n | | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | | l | | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | | | | j | w | w |

* /t/ can be pronounced as alveolar [t], or dental [t̪] when preceding central or back vowels.
* /ɡ/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive [ɡ], or as a fricative [ɣ] on an unstressed syllable.
* /j/ can be pronounced as either [j] or as [ð] in free variation.

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |

* Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants.
* /e/ may fluctuate freely from [e] to [ə] in syllable-final, and with [ɛ] as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables.
* /a/ may fluctuate freely from [a] to [ə] on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
* /o/ may fluctuate freely from [o] to [ɔ] on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables.
