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Kimaghama language

Kimaghama
Kimaama
Native toIndonesia
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kig
Glottologkima1246

Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants[2]
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
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
High-mid e ə o
Low-mid ɛ ɔ
Low a

Grammar

Kimaghama has isolating morphology.[3]: 895 

References

  1. ^ Kimaghama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.


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