Beami language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
Beami | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Ethnicity | Kaluli |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | beo |
Glottolog | beam1240 |
Beami (Bedamini, Bedamuni, Mougulu) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Komofio is a dialect.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Lateral | l | |||||
Tap | ɺ | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ɔ | |
Open | a |
/a/ can also be heard as [æ].[2]
External links
- Paradisec archive collection of open access Beami recordings.
References
- ^ Beami at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Shaw, Daniel (1986). "The Bosavi language family". In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics. Vol. 24. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 45–76.
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