Lamogai language
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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Lamogai | |
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Native to | West New Britain Province |
Native speakers | (3,600 cited 1980)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lmg |
Glottolog | lamo1244 |
Lamogai is an
West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain
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Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
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Plosive | p b | d
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k g |
Fricative | s | ||
Nasal | m | n
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ŋ |
Approximant | l
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- The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
- The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /r/.
- The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
- /r/ is voiceless [r̥] word-finally.
- Sonorants /r l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [r̥ l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
- /i/ sporadically manifests as [ɯ] before /r/.
Stress tends to occur in penultimate position.
References
- ^ Lamogai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Thurston, William R. (1996). Ross, Malcolm D. (ed.). "The Bibling Languages of Northwestern New Britain". Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain. Pacific Linguistics: Series C. 135. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University: 249–392.
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