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Mubami is a
Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
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 ...
. It goes by the names ''Dausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame,'' and ''Ta''. The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education, and is therefore counted as not presently endangered. It is spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975)


Phonology


Consonants

* is mainly heard as a variant of /p/. * �is heard in the sequence /nj/.


Vowels

* /e, o/ can also have realizations of �, ɔ


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Mubami
New Guinea World. Inland Gulf languages Languages of Papua New Guinea {{TNG-lang-stub