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Kimaghama language
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| Kimaghama | |
|---|---|
| Kimaama | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kig |
| Glottolog | kima1246 |
Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | c | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɟ | ɡ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿt ⁿd | ᶯʈ ᶯɖ | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| High-mid | e | ə | o |
| Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
Grammar
[edit]Kimaghama has isolating morphology.[3]: 895
References
[edit]- ^ Kimaghama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Palmer, Bill (2018). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 665.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.