Lamogai is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3600 individuals in parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.
| Lamogai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | parts of West New Britain Province |
Native speakers | (3,600 cited 1980)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lmg |
| Glottolog | lamo1244 |
Phonology
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g |
| Fricative | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
| Approximant | r, l |
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
- /i/ sporadically manifests as [ɯ] before /r/.
Stress tends to occur in penultimate position.
References
edit- ^ 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.