Finongan language

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|name = Finongan

|altname = Finungwa

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = Morobe Province

|ethnicity =

|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.Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.

Names

The alternate names for Finongan are Finungwa and Finungwan.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Finongan |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/fino1238 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=glottolog.org}}

Phonology

The phonology of Finongan is as follows:Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.

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colspan="2" \| ! Labial ! Coronal ! Velar ! Labiovelar ! Uvular/Glottal
colspan="2" \| Nasal \| {{IPAslink\|m}} {{angbr\|m}} \| {{IPAslink\|n}} {{angbr\|n}} \| {{IPAslink\|ŋ}} {{angbr\|ng}} \| \|
rowspan="2" \| Stops !Voiceless \| {{IPAslink\|p}} {{angbr\|p}} \| {{IPAslink\|t}} {{angbr\|t}} \| {{IPAslink\|k}} {{angbr\|k}} \| {{IPAslink\|kʷ}} {{angbr\|kw}} \|
Voiced \| {{IPAslink\|b}} {{angbr\|b}} \| {{IPAslink\|d}} {{angbr\|d}} \| {{IPAslink\|g}} {{angbr\|g}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|ʔ}} {{angbr\|c}}
colspan="2" \| Fricative \| {{IPAslink\|f}} {{angbr\|f}} \| {{IPAslink\|s}} {{angbr\|s}} \| \| \| {{IPAslink\|ʁ}} {{angbr\|h}}
colspan="2" \| Tap/Flap \| \| {{IPAslink\|ɾ}} {{angbr\|l}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \| Approximant \| \| {{IPAslink\|j}} {{angbr\|y}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|w}} {{angbr\|w}} \|

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|+Consonants

colspan="2" |

! Labial

! Coronal

! Velar

! Labiovelar

! Uvular/Glottal

colspan="2" | Nasal

| {{IPAslink|m}} {{angbr|m}}

| {{IPAslink|n}} {{angbr|n}}

| {{IPAslink|ŋ}} {{angbr|ng}}

rowspan="2" | Stops

!Voiceless

| {{IPAslink|p}} {{angbr|p}}

| {{IPAslink|t}} {{angbr|t}}

| {{IPAslink|k}} {{angbr|k}}

| {{IPAslink|kʷ}} {{angbr|kw}}

Voiced

| {{IPAslink|b}} {{angbr|b}}

| {{IPAslink|d}} {{angbr|d}}

| {{IPAslink|g}} {{angbr|g}}

| {{IPAslink|ʔ}} {{angbr|c}}

colspan="2" | Fricative

| {{IPAslink|f}} {{angbr|f}}

| {{IPAslink|s}} {{angbr|s}}

| {{IPAslink|ʁ}} {{angbr|h}}

colspan="2" | Tap/Flap

| {{IPAslink|ɾ}} {{angbr|l}}

colspan="2" | Approximant

| {{IPAslink|j}} {{angbr|y}}

| {{IPAslink|w}} {{angbr|w}}

- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally

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colspan="2" \| ! Front ! Center ! Back
rowspan="2" \| Close !Short \| {{IPAslink\|i}} {{angbr\|i}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|u}} {{angbr\|u}}
Long \| {{IPAslink\|iː}} {{angbr\|ii}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|uː}} {{angbr\|uu}}
rowspan="2" \| Mid ! Short \| {{IPAslink\|ɛ}} {{angbr\|e}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|ɔ}} {{angbr\|o}}
Long \| {{IPAslink\|ɛː}} {{angbr\|ee}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|ɔː}} {{angbr\|oo}}
rowspan="3" \| Open ! Diphthong \| \| ai {{angbr\|ai}} \|
Short \| \| {{IPAslink\|a}} {{angbr\|a}} \|
Long \| \| {{IPAslink\|aː}} {{angbr\|aa}} \|

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|+Vowels

colspan="2" |

! Front

! Center

! Back

rowspan="2" | Close

!Short

| {{IPAslink|i}} {{angbr|i}}

| {{IPAslink|u}} {{angbr|u}}

Long

| {{IPAslink|iː}} {{angbr|ii}}