| Lembena | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | East Sepik Province |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam2: | North Engan |
| Iso3: | leq |
| Glotto: | lemb1266 |
| Glottorefname: | Lembena |
Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Semivowel | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.