Asụsụ Nii

Nii bụ asụsụ Trans–New Guinea nke alaka Chimbu–Wahgi nke a na-asụ n'ugwu Papua New Guinea .

Nii nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ na-adịghị ahụkebe nke consonants mpụta : a na-ahụkarị flap alveolar, , gbakwunyere ma eze na velar mpụta fricatives,  na , nke a na-ekwupụta n'etiti ụdaume na adịghị eme na mbido mbụ.  

 fonology 

 Udaume 
 N'ihu Central Azu Elu i u ʊ Nso-Elu ɪ ~  N'etiti ɛ o ~ ɔ Mepee a

 Consonants 
+Nii consonants (Stucky 1973) Labial eze Alveolar Palatal Velar Ihu imi m n̪ n ŋ Emebere ya tupu oge eruo ᵐb ⁿdz ⁿd ᵑɡ Ọnụ ọnụ p s̪ r k N'akụkụ ɬ̪ ɺ 𝼄 Odika w j
+Nii consonant allophones (Stucky 1973)Phonemeword-initialinter-vocalicword-finalutterance-final~~~~~~~(?)(after another word)~ (after a vowel)~~~~~***~~~~~~~NA*NA**NANA~

 *  o doro anya  n'ihu consonant
 **  ọ bụ  tupu /r/; n'ọnọdụ okwu-ikpeazụ usoro a ga-aghọ  ~  .
 ***  nwere ike ịnwe mwepụta vocoid  na njedebe nke syllable n'ihu consonant.

Akaụntụ nke allophones mbụ nke  na-agbagwoju anya, na ụfọdụ n'ime ọnọdụ ndị ọzọ na-apụtachaghị ìhè.

 Ntụaka 
na-ejikọta ngwaa ndị a n'ụdị ngwaa ndị ọzọ, na nhazi ngwa

 Ọgụgụ ọzọ 


 Stucky, Alfred and Dellene Stucky 1973. "Nii phonology", in Alan Healey (ed.), Studies in languages of the Ok family, "Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages" 2, pp. 37-78. ,