Monumbo language
Monumbo is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. There is an early description in German. It is closely related to Lilau.Phonology
Mambuwan consonants are:
Mambuwan vowels are:Grammar
Monumbo distinguishes five gender classes for singular and dual third-person pronouns, but only two gender classes for third-person plural pronouns, a typologically unusual feature. There are five genders for the third-person pronoun, which are masculine, feminine, neutral, diminutive, and miscellaneous genders.
Mambuwan subject agreement prefixes are:
Mambuwan has a general oblique case marker –unum ~ -Cusum for nouns:
Mambuwan also makes use of postpositions such as ŋaŋ ‘inside’:
Mambuwan has highly complex verbal inflection.Nouns
Some Mambuwan nouns and their respective plural forms:
