Anuki language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Anuki

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel

|speakers=890

|date=2001

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western Oceanic

|fam5=Papuan Tip

|fam6=Nuclear Papuan Tip

|fam7=North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux

|fam8=

|map2=Lang Status 60-DE.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Anuki is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=aui

|glotto=anuk1239

|glottorefname=Anuki

}}

The Anuki language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gabobora people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The language was named after a highly respected deity of the people, whose sacred remains now rest in Australia.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Phonology

class="wikitable" \|+ConsonantsLandweer, Lyn (2000). Anuki Organised Phonology Data. SIL International. ! !Labial !Alveolar !Velar !Labiovelar !Glottal
Plosive \|{{IPA link\|p}} {{IPA link\|b}} \|{{IPA link\|t}} {{IPA link\|d}} \|{{IPA link\|k}} {{IPA link\|g}} \|{{IPA link\|kʷ}} {{grapheme\|kw}} {{IPA link\|gʷ}} {{grapheme\|gw}} \|{{IPA link\|ʔ}}
Fricative \|{{IPA link\|v}} \|{{IPA link\|s}} \|{{IPA link\|ɣ}} {{grapheme\|gh}} \| \|
Nasal \|{{IPA link\|m}} {{IPA link\|m̩ː}} {{grapheme\|mm}} \|{{IPA link\|n}} \|{{IPA link\|ŋ}} \| \|
Approximant \| \|{{IPA link\|r}} \|{{IPA link\|j}} {{grapheme\|y}} \|{{IPA link\|w}} \|

class="wikitable"

|+ConsonantsLandweer, Lyn (2000). Anuki Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}

|{{IPA link|kʷ}} {{grapheme|kw}} {{IPA link|gʷ}} {{grapheme|gw}}

|{{IPA link|ʔ}}

Fricative

|{{IPA link|v}}

|{{IPA link|s}}

|{{IPA link|ɣ}} {{grapheme|gh}}

Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}} {{IPA link|m̩ː}} {{grapheme|mm}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

Approximant

|{{IPA link|r}}

|{{IPA link|j}} {{grapheme|y}}

|{{IPA link|w}}

Consonants can be labialized in stressed syllables or before /ɨi/.

class="wikitable" \|+Vowels ! !Front !Central !Back
High \|{{IPA link\|i}} \|ɨ ^[a] \|{{IPA link\|u}}
Near-High \| \| \|{{IPA link\|ʊ}} {{grapheme\|ou}}
Mid \|{{IPA link\|e}} \| \|{{IPA link\|o}}
Low \| \|{{IPA link\|a}} \|

class="wikitable"

|+Vowels

|{{IPA link|i}}

|ɨ ^[a]

|{{IPA link|u}}

Near-High

|{{IPA link|ʊ}} {{grapheme|ou}}

Mid