Mengen andPoeng are rather divergent dialects of anAustronesian language ofNew Britain inPapua New Guinea.

• Both palatalization and labialization[ʲ,ʷ] is said to occur in all consonants. Palatalized consonants only occur before back vowels, and labialized consonant sounds may occur before all vowels accept/u/.
• /k/ is typically pronounced as uvular[q], but can also be heard as a velar[k] in free variation.
• Gemination or length, may also occur among consonant sounds.
• Sounds/b,ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced stops[b,ɡ], but are also heard as fricatives[β,ɣ] in intervocalic position.
• /r/ may have variation between a trill[r], a tap[ɾ], or a voiced stop[d] within vocabulary.
• Sounds/j,w/ are said to exist as a result of palatalization or labialization, but only in very few root words in word-initial position.

• Sounds/a,o/ are raised to[ʌ,o̝] within the environment of consonant length.^[2]

• "Organised Phonology Data"(PDF).{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)
• "Mengen Dictionary"(PDF).{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)

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