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Language in Indonesia
Not to be confused with the Ngaalam language.
Ngalum is the most populous of the Ok languages in Highland Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | |||
Fricative | s | ||||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
- /k/ can also be heard as [ɡ] in word-medial position.[3]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
References
- ^ Mimin, Imanuel H. "Mengenal Suku Ngalum Ok di Pegunungan Bintang". suarapapua.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ Ngalum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Healey, Alan (1964). The Ok Language Family in New Guinea. Australian National University.
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