title: Mwakai language
text: # Mwakai language
  
  Mongol, also known as Mwakai, is a Keram language of Papua New Guinea. Despite the name, it is not related to Mongolian, which is spoken in East Asia.
  
  It is spoken in Mongol village (4°15′44″S 143°55′03″E﻿ / ﻿4.262293°S 143.917638°E﻿ / -4.262293; 143.917638﻿ (Mongol)), Keram Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  Consonants :
  
  | | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palato- Alveolar | Velar | Labio- Velar |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k | kʷ |
  | Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | ɡʷ |
  | Plosive | ejective | pʼ | tʼ | | kʼ | kʷʼ |
  | Fricative | voiceless | | s | ʃ | | |
  | Fricative | voiced | | z | ʒ | | |
  | Fricative | ejective | | sʼ | ʃʼ | | |
  
  Vowels :
  
  | | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | High | i | | | | u |
  | Near-high | | ɪ | | ʊ | |
  | Mid-high | e | | | | o |
  | Mid-low | ɛ | | | | ɔ |
  | Low | | | ä | | |
  