Molima language

Molima
Molima
Salakahadi
Fagululu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(4,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Dobu–Duau Molima; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Tola’ai; Ai’alu; Tosila’ai;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mox
Glottolog	moli1248

Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Native speakers

(4,000 cited 2000 census)^[1]

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		Labial		Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		plain	lab.	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Plosive	voiceless			t̪		k	kʷ	ʔ	ʔʷ
Plosive	voiced	b	bʷ	d̪		ɡ	ɡʷ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	ɸʷ	s				h
Fricative	voiced	v			ʝ	ɣ
Nasal		m	mʷ	n̪
Lateral				l
Approximant					(j)	w

Phonology

Molima
Salakahadi
Fagululu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(4,000 cited 2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Dobu–Duau Molima
Dialects	Tola’ai Ai’alu Tosila’ai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mox`
Glottolog	`moli1248`