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Monumbo is a Papuan language of
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. There is an early description in German.Vormann, Franz and Scharfenberger, Wilhel. 1914. Die Monumbo-Sprache: Grammatik und Worterverzeichnis It is closely related to Lilau.


Phonology

Mambuwan consonants are: : Mambuwan vowels are: :


Grammar

Monumbo distinguishes five gender classes for singular and dual third-person pronouns, but only two gender classes (masculine and feminine) for third-person plural pronouns, a typologically unusual feature. There are five genders for the third-person pronoun, which are masculine, feminine, neutral, diminutive, and miscellaneous genders. Mambuwan subject agreement prefixes are: : Mambuwan has a general oblique case marker –''unum'' ~ -''Cusum'' for nouns: :''ŋait-unum'' :fire-OBL :‘in/at/with/through fire’ Mambuwan also makes use of postpositions such as ''ŋaŋ'' ‘inside’: :''su ŋaŋ'' :water inside :‘in the water’ Mambuwan has highly complex verbal inflection.


Nouns

Some Mambuwan nouns and their respective plural forms: :


References

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea Monumbo languages Languages of Madang Province