far as', appearing as the main verb, or in a chained sequence with another verb. "It indicates a relationship of spatial extent or temporal duration:" "This clause shows two instances of coreferential topic deletion in clauses in chained sequence. The obligatory coreferential topic deletion of the actor noun phrase potentially appearing with is illustrated in the second embedded clause. Note too that the preposition in this clause is optional." Orthography Nakanai has five vowels, , and has the consonants . Phonology Nakanai syllables may be of the shape V or CV, with no codas or consonant clusters to be found anywhere in the language. Phonology of the Nakanai language: in initial position are heard as glides . is mostly replaced by and is only heard across other dialects. Phonological rules Younger Bileki speakers, typically younger than 30 years old, tend to drop the sound from their speech. The Methodist parts of Nakanai also drop the sound as a result of Kuanuan language influence. The presence of English, Pidgin and Tolai brought in the change of to in areas where this change has occurred. Phonological differences The dialects of Nakanai mainly differ in the sounds that they use. Bileki For the most popular dialect, Bileki, their s are s, s are s, s are s for a number of words, and s are s. Bileki also shares phonological similarities with another language in the New Britain area, Melamela, which is located east of the Maututu-speaking regions. Phonological differences lie in the different rendition of certain phonemes. Ubae In Ubae, the Bileki habit of dropping the sound from their speech has caused the noun marker to turn into l- for words starting with a vowel. For example: is present in Ubae speech, and are sometimes alternated in basic words, and the and change from their Vele neighbors is not present. Vele Like the Bileki dialect, the sound has been dropped from Vele speech. The is rendered as the sound, and the as the . Their noun marker drops the , transforming it to just a. Vele also has had contact with Bileki-speaking Methodist pastors, and thus the Methodist villages, Kaiamo and Sulu, speak a dialect that is moving closer to Bileki. Loso/Auka Similar to Bileki, the sound is missing. They also use the sound in place of . Similar to Vele, the noun marker is simplified to just a. Despite neighboring Vele,