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.
Phonology The following is of the Patep dialect:
Consonants BilabialAlveolarPalatalBack-velarGlottalplainpal.lab.plainpal.plainlab.Plosivevoicelessppʲpʷttʲk̠k̠ʷprenasalᵐbᵐbʲᵐbʷⁿdⁿdʲᵑɡ̠ᵑɡ̠ʷAffricateⁿdzFricativevoicelessshvoiced/pren.ββʲ(ⁿz)ɣ̠Nasalmmʲmʷnnʲŋ̠ŋ̠ʷLaterallApproximantβ̞j
The prenasal affricate /ⁿdz/ may also fluctuate to a prenasal fricative [ⁿz] in free variation among speech. /ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ̠/ are heard as prenasal voiceless stops [ᵐp, ⁿt, ᵑk̠] when in word-final positions. /k̠/ is mostly heard as a glottal stop [ʔ] in word-final positions. /l/ may be heard as fricativized [l̝] or more fronted as [l̟] in word-final position.
Vowels FrontCentralBackHighiuHigh-mideoLow-midɛɔLowa
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