Beami language explained

Beami
Region:Papua New Guinea
Ethnicity:Kaluli
Speakers:5,000
Date:2006
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Bosavi
Fam3:Beami–Edolo
Iso3:beo
Glotto:beam1240
Glottorefname:Beami

Beami (Bedamini, Bedamuni, Mougulu) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Komofio is a dialect.

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Tappronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/
/a/ can also be heard as [æ].[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Shaw, Daniel . The Bosavi language family . Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . 1986 . Canberra . In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics . 24 . 45–76.