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Momuna–Mek languages

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Momuna–Mek
Geographic
distribution
central New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
Proto-languageProto-Momuna–Mek
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

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.

Languages

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

Reconstruction

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

m n
p t k
b d g
s
w l j
i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
a ɒ
ei ou
ɛi ɔu
ai au

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

sg pl
1 *na
2 *kɒn
3 *tun

References

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