Momuna–Mek
Geographic
distribution
central New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
Proto-languageProto-Momuna–Mek
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

The Momuna–Mek languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.

Languages

The languages of Momuna–Mek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language.[1]

Reconstruction

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[1]

mn
ptk
bdg
s
wlj
iu
eo
ɛɔ
aɒ
eiou
ɛiɔu
aiau

Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed:[1]

sgpl
1 *na
2 *kɒn
3 *tun

References


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