Awa language (Papua New Guinea)

Awa is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High
Mid
Low

Allophones

/p/, /t/, and /k/ are,, and intervocalically after mid and back vowels
/r/ is following the vowel, and elsewhere
/t̪s/ is voiced after a nasal consonant
/j/ may be pronounced

Phonotactics

Syllables follow the structure V
The phonemes /b/, /g/, /r/, and /j/ do not occur word initially
/ʔ/ is the only consonant occurring word finally

Tone

Awa has the high, low, rising, and falling tonemes