Kirikiri language

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Kirikiri
Faia
Native to Indonesia
RegionDoufo District, Puncak Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(250 cited 1982) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kiy
Glottolog kiri1256
ELP Kirikiri

Kirikiri (Kirira), or Faia (after its two dialects), is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dofu Wahuka and Paniai villages. [2]

Phonology

Kirikiri does not have many consonant phonemes, but there are many consonant allophones, as in: [3] :533

Labial Coronal Velar
Stop/Fricative voiceless t

[t ~ d]

k

[k ~ g ~ x ~ ɣ]

voiced b

[b ~ m ~ ᵐb ~ β]

d

[d ~ n ~ ⁿd ~ l ~ ɾ]

Obstruent ɸ

[ɸ ~ p ~ β ~ h]

s

[s ~ ʃ ~ z ~ ʒ]

Kirikiri, like Doutai, has the fricativized high vowels and . There are 7 vowels: [3]

Front Back
Fricated
Close iu
Mid eo
Open a

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References

  1. Kirikiri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. 1 2 Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.