Finongan is one of the
Finisterre languages
The Finisterre languages are a language family, spoken in the Finisterre Range of Papua New Guinea, classified within the original Trans–New Guinea (TNG) proposal, and William A. Foley considers their TNG identity to be established. They s ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
Phonology
The phonology of Finongan is as follows:
[Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. ''Finongan organised phonology data''. Manuscript. SIL.]
- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally
- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced preceding another 'i'
- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks
References
Finisterre languages
Languages of Morobe Province
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