Lupinus

The Momuna–Mek languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.

Languages

The languages of Momuna–Mek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language.^[1]

Reconstruction

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:^[1]

m	n
p	t		k	kʷ
b	d		g	gʷ
	s
w	l	j

i		u
e		o
ɛ		ɔ
	a	ɒ

ei	ou
ɛi	ɔu
ai	au
aɛ	aɔ

Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed:^[1]

	sg	pl
1	*na
2	*kɒn
3		*tun

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