Mungkip language

{{Short description|Language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Munkip

|altname =

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = Morobe Province

|ethnicity = 670 (2009)

|speakers = 12

|date = 2009

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Papuan

|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea

|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon

|fam3 = Finisterre

|fam4 = Erap

|iso3 = mpv

|glotto=mung1272

|glottorefname=Mungkip

}}

Munkip (Mungkip) is a nearly extinct Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Kasuka ({{coord|-6.460182|146.720285|type:city_region:PG|name=Kasuka}}) and Mungkip ({{coord|-6.478612|146.630269|type:city_region:PG|name=Mungkip}}) villages of Sintogora ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG.

Phonology

The phonology for Mungkip is as follows:Thom Retsema and Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2009-015. 1-35.

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colspan="2" \| ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Uvular ! Glottal
colspan="2" \| Nasal \| {{IPAslink\|m}} \| {{IPAslink\|n}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|ŋ}} \| \|
rowspan="3" \| Stop ! Voiceless \| {{IPAslink\|p}} \| {{IPAslink\|t}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|k}} \| {{IPAslink\|q}} \|
Aspirated \| \| \| \| {{IPAslink\|kʰ}} \| {{IPAslink\|qʰ}} \|
Voiced \| {{IPAslink\|b}} \| {{IPAslink\|d}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|g}} \| \|
colspan="2" \| Affricate \| \| {{IPAslink\|d͡z}} \| {{IPAslink\|d͡ʒ}} \| \| \|
rowspan="2" \| Fricative ! Voiceless \| {{IPAslink\|f}} \| {{IPAslink\|s}} \| \| \| {{IPAslink\|χ}} \| {{IPAslink\|h}}
Voiced \| \| {{IPAslink\|z}} \| \| \| {{IPAslink\|ʁ}} \|
colspan="2" \| Tap/Flap \| \| {{IPAslink\|ɾ}} \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \| Approximant \| {{IPAslink\|w}} \| {{IPAslink\|l}} \| {{IPAslink\|j}} \| \| \|

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|+Consonants

colspan="2" |

! Labial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Uvular

! Glottal

colspan="2" | Nasal

| {{IPAslink|m}}

| {{IPAslink|n}}

|

| {{IPAslink|ŋ}}

|

rowspan="3" | Stop

! Voiceless

| {{IPAslink|p}}

| {{IPAslink|t}}

|

| {{IPAslink|k}}

| {{IPAslink|q}}

|

Aspirated

|

| {{IPAslink|kʰ}}

| {{IPAslink|qʰ}}

|

Voiced

| {{IPAslink|b}}

| {{IPAslink|d}}

|

| {{IPAslink|g}}

|

colspan="2" | Affricate

|

| {{IPAslink|d͡z}}

| {{IPAslink|d͡ʒ}}

|

rowspan="2" | Fricative

! Voiceless

| {{IPAslink|f}}

| {{IPAslink|s}}

|

| {{IPAslink|χ}}

| {{IPAslink|h}}

Voiced

|

| {{IPAslink|z}}

|

| {{IPAslink|ʁ}}

|

colspan="2" | Tap/Flap

|

| {{IPAslink|ɾ}}

|

colspan="2" | Approximant

| {{IPAslink|w}}

| {{IPAslink|l}}

| {{IPAslink|j}}

|

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colspan="1" \| ! Front ! Center ! Back
Close \| {{IPAslink\|i}} \| {{IPAslink\|ɨ}} \| {{IPAslink\|u}}
Near-close \| {{IPAslink\|ɪ}} \| \|
Close-mid \| {{IPAslink\|e}} \| \| {{IPAslink\|o}}
Mid \| {{IPAslink\|ɛ}} \| {{IPAslink\|ə}} \|
Open \| \| \| {{IPAslink\|ɑ}}

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|+Vowels

colspan="1" |

! Front

! Center

! Back

Close

| {{IPAslink|i}}

| {{IPAslink|ɨ}}

| {{IPAslink|u}}

Near-close

| {{IPAslink|ɪ}}