Iha language explained

Iha
Nativename:Kapaur
State:Papua
Region:Bomberai Peninsula
Speakers:5,500
Date:1987
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:West Trans–New Guinea
Fam3:West Bomberai
Fam4:Mbahaam–Iha
Iso3:ihp
Glotto:ihaa1241
Glottorefname:Iha
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! Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosive/
Affricate
pronounced 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/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricative(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Semivowelpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels!! Front! Central! Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Close-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Open-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Pronouns

Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[2]

singularplural
1st persononmbi
in
2nd personkoki
3rd personmiwat/mi

Notes and References

  1. Book: Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri . Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation . University of Amsterdam . 2022.
  2. Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.