Harshen Kakabai

Kakabai
Igora
Asali a	Papua New Guinea
Yanki	Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
'Yan asalin magana	900 (2003)
Dangin harshen	Tustrunizit Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Kakabai–Dawawa Kakabai
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	kqf
Glottolog	kaka1267

Kakabai yaren Austronesian ne da ake magana da shi a lardin Milne Bay na Papua New Guinea .

Fassarar sauti

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar	Velar
		plain	labial		plain	labial
M	Mara murya	p	pʷ ⟨ pw ⟩	t	k	kʷ ⟨ kw ⟩
	Murya	b	bʷ ⟨ bw ⟩	d	g	gʷ ⟨ gw ⟩
Mai sassautawa		f v		s	ɣ ⟨ ḡ ⟩
Nasal		m	mʷ ⟨ mw ⟩	n
Kusanci				l	j ⟨ y ⟩	w

• Baƙaƙen labialized /pʷ bʷ mʷ kʷ gʷ/ suna bayyana a gaban /a/ kawai.
• /l/ ya bambanta yare tsakanin [ɺ~ɾ~l].
• /ɣ/ ana gane shi azaman [ʝ~h] gabanin wasulan gaba.
• /m/ na iya fitowa da silabi.

Wasula

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Babban	i		u
Tsakar	e		o
Ƙananan		a

Yawanci ana samun damuwa akan maɗaukakin saƙo.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Harafi da lafazin magana