Mouk-Aria language
Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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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.
| Mouk-Aria | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | coastal West New Britain Province |
Native speakers | (630 cited 1982)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwh |
| Glottolog | mouk1239 |
Phonology
- The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̍] 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.
- /i e/ manifest as [ɯ ɤ] before /χ/.
