Gebe language


Gebe, or Minyaifuin, is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the Gebe, Yu, and Gag islands between Halmahera and Waigeo.

Dialects

The Gebe language is divided into five dialects spoken on three separate islands, as follows:

Phonology

only appears when within the sequence of vowels in syllable-final positions.
Voiced sounds /b, d/ may also be articulated by speakers as implosive sounds when in word-initial or intervocalic positions.
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