Korowai language
Korowai is a Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River.
Phonology
- /b/ and /d/ are in free variation with and respectively.
- /ɸ x/ can be voiced intervocalically.
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | |||
| Mid-high | |||
| Mid-low | |||
| Low |
- /e/ can be heard as in unstressed syllables.
- /a/ can vary to in stressed syllables.
- /ɔ/ is pronounced before /w/.
- All vowels are lengthened in stressed syllables and word-finally.
- /ə/ is epenthetic and is never in stressed syllables.