Mouk-Aria
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regioncoastal West New Britain Province
Native speakers
(630 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwh
Glottologmouk1239

Mouk-Aria is an Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Dorsal
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative s χ
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant l
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ Mouk-Aria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Thurston, William R. (1996). Ross, Malcolm D. (ed.). "The Bibling Languages of Northwestern New Britain". Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain. Pacific Linguistics: Series C. 135. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University: 249–392.

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North New Guinea languages
Austronesian languages
Languages of Papua New Guinea
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