Bimin language
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| Bimin | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 2,300 (2003)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhl |
| Glottolog | bimi1240 |
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 OK-Oksapmin Languages | |
Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Voiceless | t | k | |
| Voiced | b | d | g | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Lateral | l | |||
| Fricative | f | s | ||
- /k/ can be pronounced [kχ]~[χ]~[gχ]~[ɣ].[4]
- /g/ is [g] in syllable onsets and [ŋ] in syllable codas.[5]
- Intervocalic /b/ is "almost like" /w/ or [β].[4]
- /f/ is [w] syllable initially and intervocalically and [p] syllable finally.[4]
- /l/ is [l]~[ɾ] and never occurs word initially.[4]
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bimin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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