Dobu language

Dobu or Dobuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands.

• Sounds /p, t, k/ may also be aspirated in free variation as [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] in all environments.
• The lateral flap /ɺ/ may fluctuate with an alveolar vibrant flap [ɾ] depending on the dialect of the speaker.
• /j/ may also fluctuate with a fricative [ʝ] within vocabulary.

• /a/ may be heard as [ʌ] in unstressed syllables.
• /ɔ/ may be heard as slightly more centralized [ɔ̽] when following labialized consonants in unstressed positions.
• /u/ may be heard as [ʊ] in unstressed syllables.

• An open access collection of singing in Dobu is available through Paradisec.
• Historical open access collections of recordings in Dobu are available through Paradisec, including the Malcome Ross collection (MR1) and two Arthur Campbell collections (AC1 and AC2)