Chuave

WALS coordinates: 6° 7′ S, 145° 7′ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Chuave
Routledge:
Other:
ISO 639-3:

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
1A Consonant Inventories Small Phonology
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2A Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6) Phonology
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3A Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately low Phonology
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4A Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In plosives alone Phonology
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5A Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Missing /p/ Phonology
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6A Uvular Consonants None Phonology
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7A Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants Phonology
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8A Lateral Consonants No laterals Phonology
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11A Front Rounded Vowels None Phonology
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18A Absence of Common Consonants All present Phonology
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19A Presence of Uncommon Consonants None Phonology
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