Mungkip language

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Munkip
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Ethnicity670 (2009) [1]
Native speakers
12 (2009) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mpv
Glottolog mung1272
ELP Munkip

Munkip (Mungkip) is a nearly extinct Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Kasuka ( 6°27′37″S146°43′13″E / 6.460182°S 146.720285°E / -6.460182; 146.720285 (Kasuka) ) and Mungkip ( 6°28′43″S146°37′49″E / 6.478612°S 146.630269°E / -6.478612; 146.630269 (Mungkip) ) villages of Sintogora ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. [1]

Phonology

The phonology for Mungkip is as follows: [2]

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal /m//n//ŋ/
Stop Voiceless /p//t//k//q/
Aspirated /kʰ//qʰ/
Voiced /b//d//g/
Affricate /d͡z//d͡ʒ/
Fricative Voiceless /f//s//χ//h/
Voiced /z//ʁ/
Tap/Flap /ɾ/
Approximant /w//l//j/
Vowels
Front Center Back
Close /i//ɨ//u/
Near-close /ɪ/
Close-mid /e//o/
Mid /ɛ//ə/
Open /ɑ/

References

  1. 1 2 3 Munkip at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Thom Retsema and Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2009-015. 1-35.
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