Mumeng language
Language
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Mumeng is a dialect chain of the Austronesian family in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Kapin may belong as well.
NativetoPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
(7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)[1]1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000)
| Mumeng | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)[1] 1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:dac – Dambiksl – Kumaluptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu)zeg – Zenag (Zenang)goc – Gorakor |
| Glottolog | mume1239 |
| ELP | Dengalu |
 Mumeng is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Phonology
The following is of the Patep dialect:[2]
Consonants
- The prenasal affricate /ⁿdz/ may also fluctuate to a prenasal fricative [ⁿz] in free variation among speech.
- /ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ̠/ are heard as prenasal voiceless stops [ᵐp, ⁿt, ᵑk̠] when in word-final positions.
- /k̠/ is mostly heard as a glottal stop [ʔ] in word-final positions.
- /l/ may be heard as fricativized [l̝] or more fronted as [l̟] in word-final position.[2]
