Lembena language

Lembena
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Native speakers	(1,800 cited 2000 census) [1]
Language family	Engan North Engan Lembena
Language codes
ISO 639-3	leq
Glottolog	lemb1266

Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. ^[2]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Stop	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d		g
Fricative			s
Lateral			l	ʎ
Semivowel				j	w

The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/. ^[2]

Notes

1. Lembena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Heineman (1998)

References

• Heineman, Paul (1998). A Grammar of Lembena (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2018-07-11– via sil.org.