Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000 as a lingua franca.
Phonology +Consonant soundsLabialAlveolarVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelessvoicedNasalFricative()LateralGlide
Some village dialects also include a fricative sound . can also be heard as a flap in free variation. may also rarely be pronounced as among speakers.
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External links Ekalesia Bukana (1895), Anglican Morning Prayer in Suau, digitized by Richard Mammana Paradisec has a number of collections of Suau materials, including two collections of Arthur Cappell's (AC1, AC2).
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