Nama language (Papuan)

Nama (or Noraia) is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

Consonants

 * Sounds /p/ and /ɡʷ/ only occur marginally.
 * Sounds /t, d, ⁿd/ may range in articulation, varying from dental [t̪, d̪, ⁿd̪] to alveolar [t, d, ⁿd].
 * /r/ can be heard as a tap [ɾ] when in rapid speech and in consonant clusters.
 * /ɸ/ can become voiced as [β] when intervocalically or word-finally.
 * /ɣ/ can also be heard as [ɰ] in some contexts.
 * Sounds /n, r/ can occur as geminates [nː, rː].

Vowels

 * Sounds /i, o, u/ can be heard as [ɪ], [ɔ], [ʊ, ʉ] within diphthongs.