Naasioi language

Naasioi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Kieta District, Bougainville Province
Native speakers	20,000 (2007) [1]
Language family	South Bougainville Nasioiic Nasioi South–Central Nasioi Central Nasioi Naasioi
Writing system	Latin script Otomaung script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nas
Glottolog	naas1242
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Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge) is an East Papuan language spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of Kieta District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

Consonants

		Bilabial	Coronal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d
Nasal		m	n	( ŋ )

Nasals can be syllabic.

References

1. Naasioi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

• Hurd, Conrad; Hurd, Phyllis W. (1966). Nasioi language course . Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services.
• Hurd, Conrad; Hurd, Phyllis W. (1970). "Nasioi verbs". Oceanic Linguistics. 9 (1). Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 1: 37–78. doi:10.2307/3622931. JSTOR   3622931.
• Hurd, Conrad (1977). "Nasioi projectives". Oceanic Linguistics. 16 (2). Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 16, No. 2: 111–178. doi:10.2307/3622956. JSTOR   3622956.