| Finongan | |
| Also Known As: | Finungwa |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Morobe Province |
| Speakers: | 1,140 |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Finisterre–Huon |
| Fam3: | Finisterre |
| Fam4: | Erap |
| Iso3: | fag |
| Glotto: | fino1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Finongan |
Finongan is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.[1]
The phonology of Finongan is as follows:[2]
| Labial | Coronal | Velar | Labiovelar | Uvular/Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ (m) | pronounced as /link/ (n) | pronounced as /link/ (ng) | ||||
| Stops | Voiceless | pronounced as /link/ (p) | pronounced as /link/ (t) | pronounced as /link/ (k) | pronounced as /link/ (kw) | ||
| Voiced | pronounced as /link/ (b) | pronounced as /link/ (d) | pronounced as /link/ (g) | pronounced as /link/ (c) | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ (f) | pronounced as /link/ (s) | pronounced as /link/ (h) | ||||
| Tap/Flap | pronounced as /link/ (l) | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ (y) | pronounced as /link/ (w) | |||||
- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally
| Front | Center | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | Short | pronounced as /link/ (i) | pronounced as /link/ (u) | |
| Long | pronounced as /link/ (ii) | pronounced as /link/ (uu) | ||
| Mid | Short | pronounced as /link/ (e) | pronounced as /link/ (o) | |
| Long | pronounced as /link/ (ee) | pronounced as /link/ (oo) | ||
| Open | Diphthong | ai (ai) | ||
| Short | pronounced as /link/ (a) | |||
| Long | pronounced as /link/ (aa) | |||
- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced pronounced as /link/ preceding another 'i'
- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks