| Lembena | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
| Native speakers | (1,800 cited 2000 census) |
| Language family | Engan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | leq |
| Glottolog | lemb1266 |
Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
| Semivowel | j | w | |||
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.
Notes
- Lembena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Heineman (1998)
References
- Heineman, Paul (1998). A Grammar of Lembena (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2018-07-11 – via sil.org.
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