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Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
This article is about a Papuan language. For the Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas, see Saparua language.
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.[2]
Phonology
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Labio- dorsal |
Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪ | (t͡ʃ) | q͡p | q | ||
voiced | (b) | d̪ | (d͡ʒ) | ɢ | ||||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | h | ||||
voiced | β | |||||||
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
Lateral | l | |||||||
Semivowel | j | w |
- Marginal phonemes are in parentheses.[3]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
- /i a/ can also have allophones [ɪ ə].[4]
Pronouns
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[4]
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | exclusive | on | mbi |
inclusive | in | ||
2nd person | ko | ki | |
3rd person | mi | wat/mi |
References
- ^ Iha at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Iha-Based Pidgin at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri (2022). Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation. University of Amsterdam.
- ^ a b Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.
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† indicate extinct languages |
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