Mouk-Aria language

Mouk-Aria is an Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Mouk-Aria
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	coastal West New Britain Province
Native speakers	(630 cited 1982)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Southwest New Britain Bibling Mouk-Aria
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mwh
Glottolog	mouk1239

Phonology

Consonants^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g
Fricative		s	χ
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Approximant		l

• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ sometimes appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /χ/.
• The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
• /χ/ is voiced [ʁ] between voiced segments.
• Sonorants /l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

• /i e/ manifest as [ɯ ɤ] before /χ/.