Lamogai is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3600 individuals in parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain.

Phonology

• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals [m̩ n̩ ŋ̩] word-initially.
• The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ appear as prenasalised voiced stops [mb nd ŋg] before /r/.
• The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.
• /r/ is voiceless [r̥] word-finally.
• Sonorants /r l m n ŋ/ are voiceless [r̥ l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊] in clusters after voiceless stops.

• /i/ sporadically manifests as [ɯ] before /r/.

Stress tends to occur in penultimate position.