Finongan language

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Finongan
Finungwa
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Native speakers
1,140 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 fag
Glottolog fino1238

Finongan is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. [2]

Phonology

The phonology of Finongan is as follows: [3]

Consonants
Labial Coronal Velar Labiovelar Uvular/Glottal
Nasal /m/m/n/n/ŋ/ng
Stops Voiceless /p/p/t/t/k/k//kw
Voiced /b/b/d/d/g/g/ʔ/c
Fricative /f/f/s/s/ʁ/h
Tap/Flap /ɾ/l
Approximant /j/y/w/w

- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally

Vowels
Front Center Back
Close Short /i/i/u/u
Long //ii//uu
Mid Short /ɛ/e/ɔ/o
Long /ɛː/ee/ɔː/oo
Open Diphthong ai ai
Short /a/a
Long //aa

- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced /ɪ/ preceding another 'i'

- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks

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References

  1. Finongan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.
  3. Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.