Mouk-Aria is an
Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal
West New Britain Province,
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 ...
on the island of
New Britain
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.
Phonology
* The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals
̩ n̩ ŋ̩word-initially.
* The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ sometimes appear as prenasalised voiced stops
b nd ŋgbefore /χ/.
* The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives
ɹ ɣafter vowels.
* /χ/ is voiced
between voiced segments.
* Sonorants /l m n ŋ/ are voiceless
̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊in clusters after voiceless stops.
* /i e/ manifest as
ɤbefore /χ/.
References
External links
EE-TAOW! The Mouk Story (Part 1) - New Tribes Mission 1999 featuring several Mouk speakers.
Ngero–Vitiaz languages
Languages of West New Britain Province
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