Mouk-Aria language

Mouk-Aria
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regioncoastal West New Britain Province
Native speakers
(630 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwh
Glottologmouk1239

Mouk-Aria is an Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Dorsal
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative s χ
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant l
  • The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
  • The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ sometimes appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /χ/.
  • The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
  • /χ/ is voiced [ʁ] between voiced segments.
  • Sonorants /l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
  • /i e/ manifest as [ɯ ɤ] before /χ/.

References

  1. ^ Mouk-Aria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Thurston, William R. (1996). Ross, Malcolm D. (ed.). "The Bibling Languages of Northwestern New Britain". Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain. Pacific Linguistics: Series C. 135. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University: 249–392.


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