| Mubami | |
|---|---|
| Tao | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2002)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tsx |
| Glottolog | muba1238 |
Mubami is aPapuan language ofPapua New Guinea. It goes by the namesDausame, Tao-Suamato, Tao-Suame, andTa.The language is used in all age groups and domains of life, including education,[1] and is therefore counted as not presently endangered.[2]
It is spoken in Diwami, Kubeai, Parieme, Paueme, Sogae, Ugu, and Waliho villages on the Guavi and Aramia rivers inWestern Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]
A word list of Mubami can be found in Z'graggen (1975)[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | h | ||
| voiced | v | ɣ | ||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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