Molima language

Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Molima
Salakahadi
Fagululu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	(4,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Dobu–Duau Molima
Dialects	Tola’ai Ai’alu Tosila’ai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mox
Glottolog	moli1248

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		plain	lab.			plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Plosive	voiceless			t̪		k	kʷ	ʔ	ʔʷ
	voiced	b	bʷ	d̪		ɡ	ɡʷ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	ɸʷ	s				h
	voiced	v			ʝ	ɣ
Nasal		m	mʷ	n̪
Lateral				l
Approximant					(j)	w

• [p] may also occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result of borrowed words from Dobu, Motu or English.
• /v/ can be weakened as [ʋ] in all environments, in free variation.
• /i/, when preceding a vowel, may also be realized as a semivowel [j].^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a