Kimki language
Pauwasi language spoken in Indonesia
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Kimki (Aipki[2]) or Sukubatom (Sukubatong) is a South Pauwasi language of Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Foley classifies Kimki as a language isolate, although he notes some similarities with Murkim.[2] Usher demonstrates a connection to the other South Pauwasi languages.
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Yetfa – South Pauwasi
- South Pauwasi
- Kimki
- South Pauwasi
| Kimki | |
|---|---|
| Sukubatom | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Batom District, near Sepik River entrance to Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 500 (2004)[1] |
Pauwasi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sbt |
| Glottolog | kimk1238 |
| ELP | Kimki |
An automated computational analysis (ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013)[3] found lexical similarities with Pyu. However, since the analysis was automatically generated, the grouping could be either due to mutual lexical borrowing or genetic inheritance.
Dialects include the varieties spoken in Batom and Sabi villages (Rumaropen 2004).[4]
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[2]
Kimki independent pronouns sg pl 1 win name 2 fume same 3 mame
Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary of Kimki listed in Foley (2018):[2]
Kimki basic vocabulary gloss Kimki ‘bird’ ã ‘blood’ afupla ‘bone’ kwal ‘breast’ mua ‘ear’ bwa ‘eat’ auko ‘egg’ im ‘eye’ ẽ ‘fire’ kamop ‘give’ an ‘go’ bi ~ kaik ‘ground’ nim ‘hair’ it ‘hear’ fas ‘leg’ up ‘louse’ nim ‘man’ ap ‘moon’ lokaya ‘name’ aip ~ mi ‘one’ amatri ‘road, path’ bagin ‘see’ weː ‘sky’ fim ‘stone’ kwil ‘sun’ bwakaya ‘tongue’ albak ‘tooth’ luː ‘tree’ maul ‘two’ alas ‘water’ dɪ ‘woman’ kiam
Sentences
Some example sentences in Kimki from Rumaropen (2004), as quoted in Foley (2018):[5][2]
warime
yesterday
mame
3
aik
come
‘He came yesterday.’
mame
3
mambak
village
me
OBL
bi
go
‘She went to the village.’
mame
3
kaes
cooked.rice
augo
eat
‘She eats cooked rice.’
mame
3
wambani
money
wel-aba-me
1SG.POSS?-father-OBL?
an
give
‘She gave money to my father.’
Only 12 sentence examples are given by Rumaropen (2004). Other than that, there are virtually no other sentences and texts available for Kimki.