Lembena | |
---|---|
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2000 census) [1] |
Engan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
leq |
Glottolog |
lemb1266 |
Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. [2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | g | ||
Fricative | s | ||||
Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
Semivowel | j | w |
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/. [2]
Lembena | |
---|---|
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2000 census) [1] |
Engan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
leq |
Glottolog |
lemb1266 |
Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. [2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | g | ||
Fricative | s | ||||
Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
Semivowel | j | w |
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/. [2]