Lamogai language

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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 toPapua New Guinea
Regionparts of West New Britain Province
Native speakers
(3,600 cited 1980)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lmg
Glottologlamo1244

Phonology

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Consonants[2]
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.
Vowels[2]
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

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  1. ^ Lamogai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.