Nimboran language explained

Nimboran
Nativename:Namblong
Ethnicity:3,500 (1987)
Speakers:2,000
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Iso3:nir
Glotto:nucl1633
Glottorefname:Nimboran

Nimboran (Nambrong, Namblong, Namlong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations have shifted to Papuan Malay. It is spoken in about 26 villages to the west of Lake Sentani.

Phonology

! Labial! Alveolar! Velar
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/
Liquidpronounced as /link/
Semivowelpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

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Closepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/