Riantana language
(Redirected from Kimaam language)
| Riantana | |
|---|---|
| Kimaam | |
| Ndom-bana | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Kimaam |
Native speakers | (1,100 cited 1977)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ran |
| Glottolog | rian1263 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Riantana, or Kimaam, is a language spoken by the Kimaam people on Yos Sudarso Island in South Papua, Indonesia.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Riantana phonemic inventory:[2]
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | c | k | |
| voiced | b | d̪ | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd̪ | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | β | ɣ | |||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Glide | w | j | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | ə | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Riantana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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