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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 ɣ/ are pronounced [b g] following a homorganic nasal. • The sequences /tn kŋ/ manifest as [n̥n 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. ==References==
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