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3 References  













Lembena language






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Lembena
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province

Native speakers

1,800 (2000 census)[1]

Language family

Engan

  • North Engan
    • Lembena

Language codes
ISO 639-3leq
Glottologlemb1266

Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Phonology[edit]

Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.[2]

Consonants
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/.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ LembenaatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ a b Heineman (1998)

    • References[edit]

    • 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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