Finongan language

Finongan is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Finongan
Finungwa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Native speakers	1,140 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Erap Finongan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fag
Glottolog	fino1238

Phonology

The phonology of Finongan is as follows:^[3]

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular/Glottal
Nasal		/m/ ⟨m⟩	/n/ ⟨n⟩	/ŋ/ ⟨ng⟩
Stops	Voiceless	/p/ ⟨p⟩	/t/ ⟨t⟩	/k/ ⟨k⟩	/kʷ/ ⟨kw⟩
	Voiced	/b/ ⟨b⟩	/d/ ⟨d⟩	/g/ ⟨g⟩		/ʔ/ ⟨c⟩
Fricative		/f/ ⟨f⟩	/s/ ⟨s⟩			/ʁ/ ⟨h⟩
Tap/Flap			/ɾ/ ⟨l⟩
Approximant			/j/ ⟨y⟩		/w/ ⟨w⟩

- The voiceless labial, coronal, and non-labialized velar stops 'p', 't', and 'k' are all unreleased syllable-finally

Vowels

		Front	Center	Back
Close	Short	/i/ ⟨i⟩		/u/ ⟨u⟩
	Long	/iː/ ⟨ii⟩		/uː/ ⟨uu⟩
Mid	Short	/ɛ/ ⟨e⟩		/ɔ/ ⟨o⟩
	Long	/ɛː/ ⟨ee⟩		/ɔː/ ⟨oo⟩
Open	Diphthong		ai ⟨ai⟩
	Short		/a/ ⟨a⟩
	Long		/aː/ ⟨aa⟩

- In multisyllabic words, 'i' is pronounced /ɪ/ preceding another 'i'

- Several diphthongs can occur over syllable breaks

References

1. Finongan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
2. Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.
3. Rice, Chris and Amy Rice. 2002. Finongan organised phonology data. Manuscript. SIL.