Bargam language

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Bargam
Mugil
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
4,000 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mlp
Glottolog barg1252

Bargam, or Mugil, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, spoken mainly by adults. [2] It is divergent within the Madang language family.

The alphabet includes the letter Q with hook tail, Ɋ ɋ. [3]

Phonology

Consonants [4]
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ ⟨ɋ⟩ [3]
Fricative f s z h
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Approximant w r l j ⟨y⟩
Vowels [4]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Stress is usually found on the last syllable if it is closed, and on the penultimate syllable if the last syllable is open. [4]


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References

  1. ↑ Bargam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  3. 1 2 Hepner, Mark (2006). Bargam Grammar Sketch. SIL International.
  4. 1 2 3 Hepner, Mark (1992). Bargam Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.


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