Bauni language

Bauni is a language spoken in Barupu village of West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The alternative name Barupu or Warapu, from the name of the Bauni village, has been applied to related languages as well, and 'Warapu' may be retained as a cover term.

Phonology

Bauni has 9 consonants and 6 vowels.

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-velar
Plosive	p b	t		k
Nasal	m	n
Trill		r
Approximant					w

Consonants may undergo lenition, fortition, palatalization, or assimilation to produce a larger number of surface phonemes.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid
Open		a

Words belong to one of five tone classes: H, L, LH, HL, HLH.
Syllables have the following form: V, where represents a glide and represents a nasal. There are no syllables that have the maximum possible form of CGVGN.

Morphology

Verbs belong to one of four classes that differ in terms of what morphology may be applied and how. Verbs are obligatorily marked for mood - either realis or irrealis - and for subject. Certain classes of verbs require objects to be marked as well.

Lexicon

Bauni free pronouns are distinguished on the basis of person, gender, and number.

Syntax

Clauses in Bauni employ Agent-Patient-Verb word order. Recipients, instruments, and other oblique noun phrases typically follow the verb.