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Mouk-Aria language

Mouk-Aria language

Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Mouk-Aria is an Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Phonology

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
  • The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ sometimes appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /χ/.
  • The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
  • /χ/ is voiced [ʁ] between voiced segments.
  • Sonorants /l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.
More information Front, Central ...
  • /i e/ manifest as [ɯ ɤ] before /χ/.

References

  1. [1]
    Mouk-Aria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    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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