Finongan language

Finongan is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Finongan
Finungwa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	1,140 (2006)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Erap Finongan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fag
Glottolog	fino1238

Names

The alternate names for Finongan are Finungwa and Finungwan.^[3]

Phonology

The phonology of Finongan is as follows:^[4]

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular/Glottal
Nasal		/m/ ⟨m⟩	/n/ ⟨n⟩	/ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩
Stops	Voiceless	/p/ ⟨p⟩	/t/ ⟨t⟩	/k/ ⟨k⟩	/kʷ/ ⟨kw⟩
	Voiced	/b/ ⟨b⟩	/d/ ⟨d⟩	/g/ ⟨g⟩		/ʔ/ ⟨c⟩
Fricative		/f/ ⟨f⟩	/s/ ⟨s⟩			/ʁ/ ⟨h⟩
Tap/Flap			/ɾ/ ⟨l⟩
Approximant			/j/ ⟨y⟩		/w/ ⟨w⟩

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

Vowels

		Front	Center	Back
Close	Short	/i/ ⟨i⟩		/u/ ⟨u⟩
	Long	/iː/ ⟨ii⟩		/uː/ ⟨uu⟩
Mid	Short	/ɛ/ ⟨e⟩		/ɔ/ ⟨o⟩
	Long	/ɛː/ ⟨ee⟩		/ɔː/ ⟨oo⟩
Open	Diphthong		ai ⟨ai⟩
	Short		/a/ ⟨a⟩
	Long		/aː/ ⟨aa⟩

- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced /ɪ/ preceding another 'i'

- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks