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Mungkip language

Language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

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Munkip (Mungkip) is a nearly extinct Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Kasuka (6°27′37″S 146°43′13″E / 6.460182°S 146.720285°E / -6.460182; 146.720285 (Kasuka)) and Mungkip (6°28′43″S 146°37′49″E / 6.478612°S 146.630269°E / -6.478612; 146.630269 (Mungkip)) villages of Sintogora ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG.

01Phonology

The phonology for Mungkip is as follows:

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		/m/	/n/		/ŋ/
Stop	Voiceless	/p/	/t/		/k/	/q/
	Aspirated				/kʰ/	/qʰ/
	Voiced	/b/	/d/		/g/
Affricate			/d͡z/	/d͡ʒ/
Fricative	Voiceless	/f/	/s/			/χ/	/h/
Fricative	Voiced		/z/			/ʁ/
Tap/Flap			/ɾ/
Approximant		/w/	/l/	/j/

Vowels
	Front	Center	Back
Close	/i/	/ɨ/	/u/
Near-close	/ɪ/
Close-mid	/e/		/o/
Mid	/ɛ/	/ə/
Open			/ɑ/

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