Bimin language

Ok language spoken in New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".[2]

RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,300 (2003)[1]
ISO 639-3bhl
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Bimin
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,300 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhl
Glottologbimi1240
ELPBimin
Ok-Oksapmin Languages
OK-Oksapmin Languages
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Phonology

Consonants

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Consonants[3][4]
LabialAlveolarVelar
PlosiveVoiceless tk
Voiced bdg
Nasal mnŋ
Lateral l
Fricative fs
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  • /k/ can be pronounced [kχ]~[χ]~[gχ]~[ɣ].[4]
  • /g/ is [g] in syllable onsets and [ŋ] in syllable codas.[5]
  • Intervocalic /b/ is "almost like" /w/ or [β].[4]
  • /f/ is [w] syllable initially and intervocalically and [p] syllable finally.[4]
  • /l/ is [l]~[ɾ] and never occurs word initially.[4]

Vowels

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Vowels[3][4]
FrontCentralBack
High iu
Mid eo
Low a
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  • Weber (2003) uses [ɐ] instead of [a].[4]

References

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