Maiwala language

Maiwala
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(2,400 cited 2000 census) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Taupota Maiwala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mum
Glottolog	maiw1249

Maiwala is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, ɡ, ɣ ⟨gh⟩, h, k, ɺ ⟨l⟩, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, j ⟨y⟩; and five vowels: a , ɛ ⟨e⟩, ɪ ⟨i⟩, ɔ ⟨o⟩, ʊ ⟨u⟩. ^[2]

References

1. Maiwala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Nagai 2003:126