Nakanai language
Nakanai is spoken by the Nakanai tribe in West New Britain, a province of Papua New Guinea. It is an Austronesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. Otherwise known as Nakonai, it also has dialects in the form of Losa, Bileki, Vere, Ubae, and Maututu. The name Nakanai is natively pronounced Lakalai, as the alveolar nasal [n] has disappeared from the phonemic inventory of the language and has been replaced by [l].
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Nakanai language
Nakanai is spoken by the Nakanai tribe in West New Britain, a province of Papua New Guinea. It is an Austronesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. Otherwise known as Nakonai, it also has dialects in the form of Losa, Bileki, Vere, Ubae, and Maututu. The name Nakanai is natively pronounced Lakalai, as the alveolar nasal [n] has disappeared from the phonemic inventory of the language and has been replaced by [l].
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Nakanai is spoken by the Nakan ...... by masked men," respectively.
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ナカナイ語（ナカナイご、Nakanai）とはニューブリテン島北部の西ニューブリテン州と東ニューブリテン州の境界部にて話されているオーストロネシア系言語の一つである。
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Nakanai is spoken by the Nakan ...... and has been replaced by [l].
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ナカナイ語（ナカナイご、Nakanai）とはニューブリテン島北部の西ニューブリテン州と東ニューブリテン州の境界部にて話されているオーストロネシア系言語の一つである。
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ナカナイ語
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