Mumeng | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)
[1] 1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
dac – Dambi
ksl – Kumalu
ptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu)
zeg – Zenag (Zenang)
goc – Gorakor |
Glottolog |
mume1239 |
ELP | Dengalu |
Mumeng is classified as Definitely Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Mumeng is a dialect chain of the Austronesian family in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Kapin may belong as well.
The following is of the Patep dialect: [2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Back-velar | Glottal | ||||||
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plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | plain | lab. | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | pʲ | pʷ | t | tʲ | k̠ | k̠ʷ | ||
prenasal | ᵐb | ᵐbʲ | ᵐbʷ | ⁿd | ⁿdʲ | ᵑɡ̠ | ᵑɡ̠ʷ | |||
Affricate | ⁿdz | |||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||||||
voiced/ pren. | β | βʲ | (ⁿz) | ɣ̠ | ||||||
Nasal | m | mʲ | mʷ | n | nʲ | ŋ̠ | ŋ̠ʷ | |||
Lateral | l | |||||||||
Approximant | β̞ | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
High-mid | e | o | |
Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
Mumeng | |
---|---|
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)
[1] 1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
dac – Dambi
ksl – Kumalu
ptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu)
zeg – Zenag (Zenang)
goc – Gorakor |
Glottolog |
mume1239 |
ELP | Dengalu |
Mumeng is classified as Definitely Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Mumeng is a dialect chain of the Austronesian family in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Kapin may belong as well.
The following is of the Patep dialect: [2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Back-velar | Glottal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | plain | lab. | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | pʲ | pʷ | t | tʲ | k̠ | k̠ʷ | ||
prenasal | ᵐb | ᵐbʲ | ᵐbʷ | ⁿd | ⁿdʲ | ᵑɡ̠ | ᵑɡ̠ʷ | |||
Affricate | ⁿdz | |||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||||||
voiced/ pren. | β | βʲ | (ⁿz) | ɣ̠ | ||||||
Nasal | m | mʲ | mʷ | n | nʲ | ŋ̠ | ŋ̠ʷ | |||
Lateral | l | |||||||||
Approximant | β̞ | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
High-mid | e | o | |
Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |