Iha language explained
Pidgin Iha |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Bomberai Peninsula |
Speakers: | none |
Familycolor: | Pidgin |
Family: | Iha-based pidgin |
Iso3: | ihb |
Glotto2: | ihab1241 |
Glottorefname2: | Iha Based Pidgin |
Elp: | 4297 |
Elpname: | Iha Based Pidgin |
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.
Phonology
! Labial! Dental/
Alveolar! Palatal! Velar! Labio-
dorsal! Uvular! GlottalNasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Plosive/ Affricate | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | |
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Fricative | | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | | | | | pronounced as /link/ |
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| pronounced as /link/ | | | | | | |
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Rhotic | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | | |
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Lateral | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | | |
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Semivowel | | | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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- Marginal phonemes are in parentheses.[1]
- /i a/ can also have allophones [ɪ ə].
Pronouns
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[2]
| singular | plural |
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1st person | | on | mbi |
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| in |
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2nd person | ko | ki |
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3rd person | mi | wat/mi | |
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Notes and References
- Book: Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri . Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation . University of Amsterdam . 2022.
- Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.