Misima phonology

Vowels
Misima-Paneati has 5 vowel phonemes.

Consonants
Misima-Paneati has 17 consonant phonemes.

Syllables
In Misima-Paneati, the following syllable types commonly occur: V, CV, CVC, and VC.

The open syllables V and CV are found in all positions of words, whereas the closed syllables CVC and VC are only found word finally and across morpheme boundaries, with the exception of the following 5 words:


 * – ‘feelings’
 * – ‘centre pole’
 * – ‘fingernail’
 * – ‘centre rib of coconut leaf’
 * – ‘sneeze’

The only monomorphemic consonant clusters that always occur across syllable boundaries are: