Bunama language

Bunama is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Consonants

 * can fluctuate to aspirated in stressed syllables.
 * can also be heard as word-initially in stressed syllables.
 * can be heard as a fricative intervocalically in word-medial position.
 * can be heard as a tap intervocalically in word-medial position.
 * can be heard as a more fronted in unstressed syllables following vowels.
 * Prevoicing of the lateral flap may also occur in initial positions.
 * may also be heard as a retroflex flap depending on the dialect of the speaker. It can also be heard as  when realized as prevoiced in word-initial positions.
 * may fluctuate to a labio-dental among some speakers.
 * may be realized as a dental approximant when before.

Vowels

 * is heard as before and after a labialized consonant, or with sounds, . It is also heard as  word-medially and word-finally in unstressed syllables.
 * is heard as word-medially and word-finally but never following labialized consonants, or semivowels . It is heard as  when following sounds.
 * can be heard as when preceding a glottal stop.