Mubami language

Mubami is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It goes by the names Dausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame, and Ta. The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education,^[1] and is therefore counted as not presently endangered.^[2]

Mubami
Tao
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	1,700 (2002)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Fly River (Anim) Inland Gulf Minanibai Mubami
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tsx
Glottolog	muba1238

It is spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.^[1]

A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975)^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	(ɲ)
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	(f)	s			h
	voiced	v			ɣ
Rhotic			ɾ
Approximant		w		j

• [f] is mainly heard as a variant of /p/.
• [ɲ] is heard in the sequence /nj/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

• /e, o/ can also have realizations of [ɛ, ɔ].^[4]