Kimaghama language
(Redirected from Kimaama language)
| Kimaghama | |
|---|---|
| Kimaama | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Kimaam |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kig |
| Glottolog | kima1246 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]| 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 | edit source]Kimaghama has isolating morphology.[3]: 895
References
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