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Bimin language

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Ok language spoken in New Guinea

Bimin
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,300 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhl
Glottologbimi1240
ELPBimin
Ok-Oksapmin Languages
OK-Oksapmin Languages

Bim orBimin is one of theOk languages ofNew Guinea. It is spoken inSandaun andWestern Provinces in the region between the Murray andStrickland Rivers. The language is related toFaiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange withOksapmin".[2]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Consonants[3][4]
LabialAlveolarVelar
PlosiveVoicelesstk
Voicedbdg
Nasalmnŋ
Laterall
Fricativefs
  • /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

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Vowels[3][4]
FrontCentralBack
Highiu
Mideo
Lowa
  • Weber (2003) uses[ɐ] instead of[a].[4]

References

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  1. ^Bimin atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Steer, Martin (1 September 2005)."LANGUAGES OF THE UPPER SEPIK AND CENTRAL NEW GUINEA"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved14 January 2021.
  3. ^abWeber, Thomas; Whitney, Henry (March 1999)."Bimin Phonology Essentials".SIL. Retrieved30 July 2024.
  4. ^abcdefgWeber, Thomas (April 2003)."Bimin Organised Phonology Data".SIL. Draft. Retrieved30 July 2024.
  5. ^Weber, Thomas (1997)."Bimin grammar essentials".SIL. Draft. Retrieved30 July 2024.
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages
Asmat–Kamoro
Asmat
Sabakor
Others
Greater Awyu
Awyu–Dumut
Becking–Dawi
Ok–Oksapmin
Western
Lowland
Mountain
Others
Bayono–Awbono
Komolom
Somahai


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