Boiken language

Boiken is one of the more populous of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken around Boiken Creek in Yangoru-Saussia District, East Sepik Province and adjacent islands off the north coast of northern Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Stop sounds /p, t̪s̪, t, k/ are heard as voiced when following a nasal counterpart.
/k/ has an allophone of a glottal in word-final position, or when preceding a consonant in word-medial position.
Sounds /ɸ, s, x/ can be voiced as in intervocalic positions.
/n/ is heard as when preceding velar consonants, or freely in word-final position.
/r/ can be heard as a voiceless trill in word-initial positions.

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/ɨ, ə/ have allophones of when following dental and alveolar sounds.
/u/ has an allophone of when preceding /k/ heard as a glottal in word-medial and word-final positions.
/o/ has an allophone of when following labial and velar sounds.