| Finongan | |
|---|---|
| Finungwa | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 1,140 (2006) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
fag |
| Glottolog |
fino1238 |
Finongan is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. [2]
Phonology
The phonology of Finongan is as follows: [3]
| Labial | Coronal | Velar | Labiovelar | Uvular/ Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | / m/ ⟨m⟩ | / n/ ⟨n⟩ | / ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩ | |||
| Stops | Voiceless | / p/ ⟨p⟩ | / t/ ⟨t⟩ | / k/ ⟨k⟩ | / kʷ/ ⟨kw⟩ | |
| Voiced | / b/ ⟨b⟩ | / d/ ⟨d⟩ | / g/ ⟨g⟩ | / ʔ/ ⟨c⟩ | ||
| Fricative | / f/ ⟨f⟩ | / s/ ⟨s⟩ | / ʁ/ ⟨h⟩ | |||
| Tap/Flap | / ɾ/ ⟨l⟩ | |||||
| Approximant | / j/ ⟨y⟩ | / w/ ⟨w⟩ | ||||
- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally
| Front | Center | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | Short | / i/ ⟨i⟩ | / u/ ⟨u⟩ | |
| Long | / iː/ ⟨ii⟩ | / uː/ ⟨uu⟩ | ||
| Mid | Short | / ɛ/ ⟨e⟩ | / ɔ/ ⟨o⟩ | |
| Long | / ɛː/ ⟨ee⟩ | / ɔː/ ⟨oo⟩ | ||
| Open | Diphthong | ai ⟨ai⟩ | ||
| Short | / a/ ⟨a⟩ | |||
| Long | / aː/ ⟨aa⟩ | |||
- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced / ɪ/ preceding another 'i'
- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks
References
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^
Finongan at
Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.
- ^ Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.
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