Nii language

Nii is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Nii has an unusual number of lateral consonants: a typical alveolar flap,, plus both dental and velar lateral fricatives, and , which are voiced between vowels and do not occur in initial position.

Consonants

 * * /ɬ/ is evidentally before a consonant
 * ** /ɺ/ is before /r/; in word-final position this sequence becomes  ~.
 * *** /ndz/ may have a vocoid release at the end of a syllable before a consonant.

The account of the initial allophones of /r/ is confused, and some of the other positions are not completely clear.