Nankina language

Nankina
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	(3,500 cited 2000 census) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Yupna Nankina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nnk
Glottolog	nank1250

Nankina is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonant

Nankina consonant

		Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k
	voiced	b	d	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s
	voiced		z
Approximant				j

Vowel

Nankina vowel

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i	y		u
Close-mid	e			o
Open-mid			ʌ
Open	a

Orthography

Nankina alphabet ^[2]

a

ʌ

b

d

e

g

i

j

k

m

n

ŋ

o

p

s

t

u

z

y

References

1. Nankina at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Organised Phonology Data, Nankina Language [NNK], Teptep – Madang Province, 2011