| Munkip | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
| Ethnicity | 670 (2009)1 |
Native speakers | 12 (2009)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpv |
| Glottolog | mung1272 |
| ELP | Munkip |
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.1
Phonology
The phonology for Mungkip is as follows:2
| 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/ | ||
| Voiced | /z/ | /ʁ/ | |||||
| Tap/Flap | /ɾ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | /w/ | /l/ | /j/ | ||||
| Front | Center | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ | /ɨ/ | /u/ |
| Near-close | /ɪ/ | ||
| Close-mid | /e/ | /o/ | |
| Mid | /ɛ/ | /ə/ | |
| Open | /ɑ/ |
References
References
- Munkip at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Thom Retsema and Margaret Potter and Rachel Gray. 2009. Mungkip: an endangered language. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2009-015. 1-35.