Tok Abau
Tok Abau emi wanpela tok ples bilong Papua Niugini, long Sandaun provins. Long 2002, i bin klostu 4,500 o 5,000 spikas, na dispela namba i no bin kisim moa smol long nambawan nambaim stret tru inap long yia 1970s.
| Tok Abau | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tokples istap long | Papua Niugini | |
| Rijen | Sandaun | |
| Total spikas | 4,500–5,000 | |
| Famili bilong tokples | Sepik
| |
| Ol kod bilong tokples | ||
| ISO 639-2 | paa | |
| ISO 639-3 | aau | |
| Dispela pes bai soim sampela ol IPA raitim long soim pasin bilong singaut. | ||
Ponoloji
senisim| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
/ə/ appears only in medial positions.[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | p | k | |||
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Flap | r | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
/r/ has several allophones: word-initially, it is [l], after /n/ it is [d], [r] intervocalically, and [t] or [ɺ] word-finally. /h/ becomes [ç] before /i/ and [ɸ] before /u/. Plosives are voiced when following nasal consonants.[1]
Notes
senisim- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Laycock (1965:116)
(Dispela pes Tok Abau em i liklik tumas. Yu inap raitim moa sapos yu laik halivim Wikipedia. Hau?)