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Phonology

* Both palatalization and labialization �, ʷis said to occur in all consonants. Palatalized consonants only occur before back vowels, and labialized consonant sounds may occur before all vowels accept /u/. * /k/ is typically pronounced as uvular but can also be heard as a velar in free variation. * Gemination or length, may also occur among consonant sounds. * Sounds /b, ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced stops , ɡ but are also heard as fricatives �, ɣin intervocalic position. * /r/ may have variation between a trill a tap � or a voiced stop within vocabulary. * Sounds /j, w/ are said to exist as a result of palatalization or labialization, but only in very few root words in word-initial position. * Sounds /a, o/ are raised to �, o̝within the environment of consonant length.

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* * Mengen languages Languages of East New Britain Province Languages of West New Britain Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub