Bimin language explained
| Bimin |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam2: | Central & South New Guinea ? |
| Fam4: | Mountain Ok |
| Iso3: | bhl |
| Glotto: | bimi1240 |
| Glottorefname: | Bimin |
| Map: | Ok-Oksapmin languages.svg |
| Mapalt: | Ok-Oksapmin Languages |
| Mapcaption: | OK-Oksapmin Languages |
Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".[1]
Phonology
Consonants
!! Labial !! Alveolar !! Velar | Voiceless | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Lateral | | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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- pronounced as /link/ can be pronounced pronounced as /[kχ]/~pronounced as /link/~pronounced as /[gχ]/~pronounced as /link/.
- pronounced as /link/ is pronounced as /link/ in syllable onsets and pronounced as /link/ in syllable codas.[2]
- Intervocalic pronounced as /link/ is "almost like" pronounced as /link/ or pronounced as /link/.
- pronounced as /link/ is pronounced as /link/ syllable initially and intervocalically and pronounced as /link/ syllable finally.
- pronounced as /link/ is pronounced as /link/~pronounced as /link/ and never occurs word initially.
Vowels
Vowels! !! Front !! Central !! Back| High | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Low | | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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- Weber (2003) uses pronounced as /link/ instead of pronounced as /link/.
Notes and References
- Web site: Steer . Martin . September 1, 2005 . LANGUAGES OF THE UPPER SEPIK AND CENTRAL NEW GUINEA . January 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170315093240/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576ed271bebafbef665249c0/t/576ef4d7725e2552c3689535/1466889435280/Languages_of_the_Upper_Sepik_and_Central_New_Guinea.pdf . live . 2017-03-15.
- Web site: Weber . Thomas . 1997 . Bimin grammar essentials . 2024-07-30 . . Draft.
