Rotokas

WALS coordinates: 6° S, 155° 10′ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Rotokas
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 Low Phonology
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4A Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives No voicing constrast Phonology
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5A Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other 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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12A Syllable Structure Simple Phonology
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13A Tone No tones Phonology
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18A Absence of Common Consonants No nasals Phonology
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19A Presence of Uncommon Consonants 'Th' sounds Phonology
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