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Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.[2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | g | ||
Fricative | s | ||||
Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
Semivowel | j | w |
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.[2]
Notes
- ^ Lembena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Heineman (1998)
References
- Heineman, Paul (1998). A Grammar of Lembena (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2018-07-11 – via sil.org.
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