Mangseng language

Mangseng is an Austronesian language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is a distinct branch of the Arawe dialect chain.

Phonology

  • The voiced plosives /b d g/ present as [ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk] word-medially.
  • The cluster /nr/ is phonetically [ndr].
  • The phonemes /e ɛ/ and /o ɔ/ are both written as ⟨e⟩ and ⟨o⟩ respectively.

Stress is penultimate.

References


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