Language in Papua
Korowai (Kolufaup) 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 [ɓ] and [ɗ] respectively.
- /ɸ x/ can be voiced [β ɣ] intervocalically.
- /e/ can be heard as [ɪ] in unstressed syllables.
- /a/ can vary to [æ] in stressed syllables.
- /ɔ/ is pronounced [o] before /w/.
- All vowels are lengthened in stressed syllables and word-finally.
- /ə/ is epenthetic and is never in stressed syllables.
Stress is unpredictable and phonemic.[2]