Lembena language
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| Lembena | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | (1,800 cited 2000 census)[1] |
Engan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | leq |
| Glottolog | lemb1266 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]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]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lembena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Heineman (1998)
References
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