Nankina language
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Nankina | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 3,500 (2000 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nnk |
Glottolog | nank1250 |
Nankina is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]Consonant
[edit]Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
Fricative | voiceless | s | ||
voiced | z | |||
Approximant | j |
Vowel
[edit]Front | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
Close | i | y | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-mid | ʌ | |||
Open | a |
Orthography
[edit]a | ʌ | b | d | e | g | i | j | k | m | n | ŋ | o | p | s | t | u | z | y |
References
[edit]- ^ Nankina at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Organised Phonology Data, Nankina Language [NNK], Teptep – Madang Province, 2011