Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
| Lembena | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2000 census)[1] |
Language family | Engan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | leq |
| Glottolog | lemb1266 |
Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
| Semivowel | j | w | |||
The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.[2]
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