Lembena language
Lembena | |
---|---|
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2000 census)[1] |
Engan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | leq |
Glottolog | lemb1266 |
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.