Nukna language

Nukna
Komutu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Ethnicity	1,000 (2015) [1]
Native speakers	1,000 (2015) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Uruwa Nukna
Language codes
ISO 639-3	klt
Glottolog	nukn1238
ELP	Nukna

Nukna, or Komutu, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants ^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p	t	k
Prenasalized	ᵐb ⟨mb⟩	ⁿd ⟨nd⟩	ᵑg ⟨ngg⟩
Fricative	f	s	h
Nasal	m	n	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Approximant	w	r , l	j ⟨y⟩

• The prenasalized consonants are only found intervocalically.
• /f/ has only been found in three words.

Vowels ^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid-high	e		o
Mid-low			ʌ ⟨á⟩
Low		a

• /e/ is pronounced [ɛ] in closed syllables ending in /t/, and [eʌ] when followed by /k/.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /iu/, /ʌi/, /ʌe/, /ʌu/, /oe/, /ui/.

References

1. Nukna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Taylor, Matt (2021). Nukna Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

External links

• Nukna Grammar Sketch