| Mubami | |
| Nativename: | Tao |
| Region: | Papua New Guinea |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Fly River (Anim) |
| Fam3: | Inland Gulf |
| Fam4: | Minanibai |
| Iso3: | tsx |
| Glotto: | muba1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Mubami |
Mubami is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It goes by the names Dausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame, and Ta.The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education, and is therefore counted as not presently endangered.[1]
It is spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975)[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |