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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 / -4.415234; 143.859962 (Biwat)) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[1][2]

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Phonology

Mundukumo consonants are:[3]

ptk
ᵐbⁿdᶮʤᵑg
mnɲŋ
fs
ᵐv
r
wj

Mundukumo vowels are:[3]

i u
e ə o
a

Nouns

Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms:[3]:228

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Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages.[3]:228

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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 Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney.

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