Mwakai language

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Mongol
Mwakai
Native toPapua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
340 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mgt
Glottolog mong1344
ELP Mongol-Kaimba
Coordinates: 4°15′44″S143°55′03″E / 4.262293°S 143.917638°E / -4.262293; 143.917638 (Mongol) Coordinates: 4°15′44″S143°55′03″E / 4.262293°S 143.917638°E / -4.262293; 143.917638 (Mongol)

Mongol, also known as Mwakai, is a Keram language of Papua New Guinea. Despite the name, it is not related to Mongolian, which is spoken in East Asia.

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It is spoken in Mongol village ( 4°15′44″S143°55′03″E / 4.262293°S 143.917638°E / -4.262293; 143.917638 (Mongol) ), Keram Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [2] [3]

Phonology

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palato-
Alveolar
Velar Labio-
Velar
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ ɡʷ
ejective kʷʼ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ
voiced z ʒ
ejective ʃʼ
Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
Near-high ɪ ʊ
Mid-high e o
Mid-low ɛ ɔ
Low ä

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References

  1. Mongol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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