Momuna–Mek languages

The Momuna–Mek languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.

Momuna–Mek
Geographic distribution	central New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Central West New Guinea Momuna–Mek
Proto-language	Proto-Momuna–Mek
Subdivisions	Mek Momuna
Language codes
Glottolog	None

Languages

The languages of Momuna–Mek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language.^[1]

Reconstruction

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:^[1]

m	n
p	t		k	kʷ
b	d		g	gʷ
	s
w	l	j

i		u
e		o
ɛ		ɔ
	a	ɒ

ei	ou
ɛi	ɔu
ai	au
aɛ	aɔ

Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed:^[1]

	sg	pl
1	*na
2	*kɒn
3		*tun