Kovai language

Kovai (Kobai, Kowai) is a Papuan language spoken on Umboi Island, halfway between mainland Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain, and mostly within the caldera of that volcanic island.

Vowels

 * Vowels may be heard as lax [ɪ ɛ ʌ ɔ ʊ] when in closed syllables.

Consonants

 * In word-final position /b ɡ/ can be heard as devoiced [b̥ ɡ̊], and may also be realized as fricatives [β ɣ] in intervocalic positions.