Sepik Iwam language
Appearance
Sepik Iwam | |
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Yawenian | |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 2,500 (2000 census)[1] |
Sepik
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | iws |
Glottolog | sepi1255 |
ELP | Sepik Iwam |
Coordinates: 4°17′28″S 142°00′36″E / 4.291°S 142.01°E |
Hauna pidgin | |
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Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | None |
Iwam-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | haun1238 |
Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.
It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (4°17′28″S 142°00′36″E / 4.291°S 142.01°E) in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.[2][3]
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
Fricative | s | h | |||
Liquid | r | ||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a |
Pronouns
[edit]Sepik Iwam pronouns:[4]: 282
singular dual plural 1st person ka kərar kəram 2nd person kə kow kom 3rd person masculine si sow səm feminine sa
Grammar
[edit]Sepik Iwam subject agreement suffixes are:[4]
singular dual plural masculine *-ən *-o *-əm feminine *-a
The structure of this subject agreement paradigm can be traced back to Proto-Sepik, although the morphemes themselves do not seem to be directly related to the reconstructed Proto-Sepik forms. (See also Sepik languages#Gender.)
References
[edit]- ^ Sepik Iwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ a b c d Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Further reading
[edit]- "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
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