Mesem language

{{Infobox language

|name = Mesem

|nativename =

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province

|speakers = 4,000

|date = 1997 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor = Papuan

|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea

|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon

|fam3 = Huon

|fam4 = Western Huon

|iso3 = mci

|glotto=mese1244

|glottorefname=Mese

}}

Mesem (Mesẽ) is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Names

The alternate names for Mesem are Mese, Momalili, and Momolili.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Mese |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mese1244 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=glottolog.org}}

Phonology

= Consonants =

The table below shows Mesem's consonantal phonemes:{{Cite news |date=2014-12-23 |title=Mesem Organised Phonology Data: Morobe province |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/31071 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200719233003/https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/31071 |archive-date=2020-07-19 |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=SIL International |language=en}}{{rp||page=1}}

class="wikitable" ! ! colspan="2" \|Bilabial ! colspan="2" \|Alveolar ! colspan="2" \|Velar
Nasal \| colspan="2" \|m \| colspan="2" \|n \| colspan="2" \|ŋ
Plosive \|p \|b \|t \|d \|k \|ɡ
Fricative \| colspan="6" \|s, z
Approximant \| colspan="6" \|j
Lateral approximant \| colspan="6" \|l

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Bilabial

! colspan="2" |Alveolar

! colspan="2" |Velar

Nasal

| colspan="2" |m

| colspan="2" |n

| colspan="2" |ŋ

Plosive

|ɡ

Fricative

| colspan="6" |s, z