Kimaghama language

Not to be confused with Kimaam language.

Kimaghama
Kimaama
Native to	Indonesia
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1987) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kolopom Kimaghama
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kig
Glottolog	kima1246

Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants ^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ʈ	c	k
	voiced	b	d	ɖ	ɟ	ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿt ⁿd	ᶯʈ ᶯɖ	ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Fricative		β				ɣ
Trill			r
Approximant		w			j

Vowels ^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
High-mid	e	ə	o
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

Grammar

Kimaghama has isolating morphology. ^{[3] : 895}

References

1. Kimaghama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Palmer, Bill (2018). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 665.
3. Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". 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. 895–938. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.