Lembena language
# Lembena language

Lembena, also known as Lembena Pii, Nanimba Pii, Uyalipa Pii, or Wapi Pii, is an Engan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

## Phonology

Lembena has five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/.

Consonants :

| | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | | k |
| Stop | voiced | b | d | | g |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | ʎ | |
| Semivowel | Semivowel | | | j | w |

The sequence /di/ becomes a voiced prenasalized postalveolar affricate /ⁿd͡ʒ/ when followed by a vowel other than /i/.

