Stuart Robinson -- Rotokas Recordings

Rotokas Recordings

The target words are produced within the following sentence frame:

Ragai oisio puraparai ‹TARGET WORD› vorerivira.
"I am saying ‹TARGET WORD› again."

Minimal Pair

Here is a minimal pair illustrating the vowel length contrast:
  1. tuta "pronged arrow" [.wav] vs. tuuta "post" [.wav] (male speaker)
  2. tuta "pronged arrow" [.wav] vs. tuuta "post" [.wav] (female speaker)

Bisyllabic Words

The following bisyllabic words are pronounced in the same sentence frame by another Rotokas speaker (male):
  1. tego "wild banana" [.wav]
  2. ketoo "type of plant" [.wav]
  3. kiiru "walking stick" [.wav]
  4. keetaa "jaw/mandible" [.wav]

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