Moi language

Moi is a West Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.

Not to be confused with Mekwei language, Moi language (Congo), or West Makian language.
Moi
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
Native speakers
(4,600 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mxn
Glottologmoii1235

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k (ʔ)
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative f s h
Approximant w l j
Trill r

[ʔ] is in free variation with /k/ in word-final position.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e ə o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a ɑ

/i, u/ can also be heard as [ɪ, ʊ].[2]

References
  1. Moi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Menick, Raymond (1995). Moi, a language of the West Papuan phylum: A preview. Baak, Connie and Bakker, Mary and van der Meij, Dick (eds.), Tales from a concave world: Liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve: Leiden University. pp. 55–73.
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