Maleu-Kilenge language

Maleu-Kilenge, also known as Lolo or Idne, is an Austronesian language spoken by several thousand swidden farmers in the Talasea District of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

• The fricatives /β É£/ are pronounced [b g] following a homorganic nasal.
• The sequences /tn kŋ/ manifest as [nÌ¥n ŋ̊ŋ].
• /w/ only occurs intervocalically.

Additionally, Maleu-Kilenge has the following diphthongs: /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ae/, /ua/, /iu/, /ɛu/, /au/, /ou/, /ɔu/.

Haywood (1996) however only lists five vowels, /a e i o u/.

Stress occurs on the penultimate syllable.

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