Menya language

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Menya
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Native speakers
unknown (20,000 cited 1998)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mcr
Glottolog meny1245[2]

Menya (Menyama, Menye) is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonant phonemes[3]
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Non-pre-nasalized plosives p t͡ʃ k q
Pre-nasalized plosives ᵐb ⁿd̪ ᶮd͡ʑ ᵑɡ ᶰq
Fricatives h
Approximant j w

References

  1. Menya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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