| Kanasi | |
| Nativename: | Sona |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Milne Bay Province |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Dagan |
| Fam3: | Kanasi–Ginuman? |
| Iso3: | soq |
| Glotto: | kana1288 |
| Glottorefname: | Kanasi |
Kanasi (or Sona) is the easternmost Papuan language of New Guinea.
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Mid | e | o | ||
| Open | ɑ |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless stop | p | t | k | ʔ (unwritten) | |
| Voiced stop | b | d | g | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Fricative | s | (h) | |||
| Approximant | w | ɰ |