| Mundugumor | |
|---|---|
| Biwat | |
| Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Mundugumor people |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2003) |
Yuat
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bwm |
| Glottolog | biwa1243 |
| ELP | Biwat |
| Coordinates: 4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E | |
Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village (4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Mundukumo consonants are:
| p | t | k | |
| ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮʤ | ᵑg |
| m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
| f | s | ||
| ᵐv | |||
| r | |||
| w | j |
Mundukumo vowels are:
| i | u | |
| e | ə | o |
| a |
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms:: 228
| gloss | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| ‘snake’ | mas | mase |
| ‘tooth’ | adusuva | adusuvavi |
| ‘bone’ | avu | avuvavi |
| ‘nose’ | ŋlək | ŋlu |
| ‘thigh’ | guak | go |
| ‘hand’ | klik | klia |
| ‘dog’ | ken | kidu |
| ‘betelnut’ | siman | simadu |
| ‘ear’ | tuan | tuadu |
| ‘fire’ | mən | məda |
| ‘basket’ | ban | bada |
| ‘mouth’ | balaŋ | balaji |
| ‘house’ | klaŋ | klagi |
| ‘star’ | susuaŋ | susuagi |
| ‘water’ | mam | mabi |
| ‘neck’ | volam | volabi |
| ‘ball’ | muŋmam | muŋmabi |
| ‘cassowary’ | kalim | kalimu |
| ‘girl’ | analom | analomu |
| ‘paddle’ | dum | dumu |
Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages.: 228
