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Mundugumor language
Yuat language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village (4.415234°S 143.859962°E) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2]
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Phonology
Mundukumo consonants are:[3]
p t k ᵐb ⁿd ᶮʤ ᵑg m n ɲ ŋ f s ᵐv r w j
Mundukumo vowels are:[3]
i | u | |
e | ə | o |
a |
Nouns
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms:[3]: 228
Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages.[3]: 228
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External links
- Paradisec has a collection of recordings of Biwat language. They also have a collection of recordings from Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific from Don Laycock that includes Biwat materials.
Further reading
- McDowell, Nancy. 1991. The Mundugumor: From the Fieldnotes of Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- McElvenny, James. 2007. Notes on Mundukumo. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney.
References
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