| Mumeng | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (7,100 Kumalu, Zenag, Gorakor cited 1979)[1] 1,700 Patep (2003), 350 Dambi (2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:dac – Dambiksl – Kumaluptp – Patep (Ptep, Dengalu)zeg – Zenag (Zenang)goc – Gorakor |
| Glottolog | mume1239 |
| ELP | Dengalu |
 Mumeng is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Mumeng is adialect chain of theAustronesian family inMorobe Province,Papua New Guinea. Dambi–Kumalu and Patep–Zenag–Gorakor have a degree ofmutual intelligibility.Kapin may belong as well.
The following is of the Patep dialect:[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Back-velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | plain | lab. | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʲ | pʷ | t | tʲ | k̠ | k̠ʷ | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ᵐbʲ | ᵐbʷ | ⁿd | ⁿdʲ | ᵑɡ̠ | ᵑɡ̠ʷ | |||
| Affricate | ⁿdz | |||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||||||
| voiced/pren. | β | βʲ | (ⁿz) | ɣ̠ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | mʷ | n | nʲ | ŋ̠ | ŋ̠ʷ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | β̞ | j | ||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| High-mid | e | o | |
| Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
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