Oksapmin language
| Oksapmin | |
|---|---|
| Region | Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 8,000 (1991) |
Trans-New Guinea
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | paa |
| ISO 639-3 | opm |
| ELP | Oksapmin |
Oksapmin is a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Vowels
There are seven monophthongs, /i e ə a o ʊ u/, and one diphthong, /ai/.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||||
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | |
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | xʷ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
Tone
Oksapmin constrasts two tones: high and low.
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