Lamogai language explained

Lamogai
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	parts of West New Britain Province
Speakers:	3,600
Date:	1980
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Oceanic
Fam4:	Western Oceanic
Fam5:	North New Guinea
Fam6:	Ngero–Vitiaz
Fam7:	Southwest New Britain
Fam8:	Bibling
Iso3:	lmg
Glotto:	lamo1244
Glottorefname:	Lamogai

Lamogai is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3600 individuals in parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Phonology

Consonants^[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Velar

Plosive	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Fricative		pronounced as /link/
Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant		pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/

• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /r/.
• The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
• /r/ is voiceless [r̥] word-finally.
• Sonorants /r l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [r̥ l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

• /i/ sporadically manifests as [ɯ] before /r/.

Stress tends to occur in penultimate position.

Notes and References

1. Thurston . William R. . 1996 . Ross . Malcolm D. . The Bibling Languages of Northwestern New Britain . Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain . Pacific Linguistics: Series C . Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . Canberra . 135 . 249–392.