Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an
Engan language spoken in
Papua New Guinea
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Phonology
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.
Notes
References
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Engan languages
Languages of East Sepik Province
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