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Monumbo language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monumbo is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. There is an early description in German.[2] It is closely related to Lilau.
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Phonology
Mambuwan consonants are:[3]
Mambuwan vowels are:[3]
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Grammar
Monumbo distinguishes five gender classes for singular and dual third-person pronouns, but only two gender classes (masculine and feminine) for third-person plural pronouns, a typologically unusual feature. There are five genders for the third-person pronoun, which are masculine, feminine, neutral, diminutive, and miscellaneous genders.[3]
Mambuwan subject agreement prefixes are:[3]
Mambuwan has a general oblique case marker –unum ~ -Cusum for nouns:[3]
- ŋait-unum
- fire-OBL
- ‘in/at/with/through fire’
Mambuwan also makes use of postpositions such as ŋaŋ ‘inside’:[3]
- su ŋaŋ
- water inside
- ‘in the water’
Mambuwan has highly complex verbal inflection.[3]
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Nouns
Some Mambuwan nouns and their respective plural forms:[3]
References
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