Mubami | |
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Tao | |
Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2002) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
tsx |
Glottolog |
muba1238 |
Mubami is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It goes by the names Dausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame, and Ta. The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education, [1] and is therefore counted as not presently endangered. [2]
It is spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. [1]
A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975) [3]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ( ɲ) | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | ( f) | s | h | ||
voiced | v | ɣ | ||||
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
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