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Mungkip language

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Language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Munkip
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Ethnicity670 (2009)
Native speakers12 (2009)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3mpv
Glottologmung1272
ELPMunkip

Munkip (Mungkip) is a nearly extinct Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Kasuka (6°27′37″S 146°43′13″E / 6.460182°S 146.720285°E / -6.460182; 146.720285 (Kasuka)) and Mungkip (6°28′43″S 146°37′49″E / 6.478612°S 146.630269°E / -6.478612; 146.630269 (Mungkip)) villages of Sintogora ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG.

Phonology

The phonology for Mungkip is as follows:

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ŋ/
Stop Voiceless /p/ /t/ /k/ /q/
Aspirated // //
Voiced /b/ /d/ /g/
Affricate /d͡z/ /d͡ʒ/
Fricative Voiceless /f/ /s/ /χ/ /h/
Voiced /z/ /ʁ/
Tap/Flap /ɾ/
Approximant /w/ /l/ /j/
Vowels
Front Center Back
Close /i/ /ɨ/ /u/
Near-close /ɪ/
Close-mid /e/ /o/
Mid /ɛ/ /ə/
Open /ɑ/

References

  1. ^ Munkip at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Thom Retsema and Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2009-015. 1-35.
Finisterre–Huon languages
Finisterre
Erap
Gusap–Mot
Uruwa
Wantoat
Warup
Yupna
Huon
Eastern
Western


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