Iha language
Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
| Iha | |
|---|---|
| Kapaur | |
| Native to | Papua |
| Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (5,500 cited 1987)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ihp |
| Glottolog | ihaa1241 |
| Pidgin Iha | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | None |
Language family | Iha-based pidgin |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ihb |
| Glottolog | ihab1241 |
| ELP | Iha Based Pidgin |
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.[2]
Phonology
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- dorsal | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t̪ | (t͡ʃ) | q͡p | q | ||
| voiced | (b) | d̪ | (d͡ʒ) | ɢ | ||||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | h | ||||
| voiced | β | |||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||||
- Marginal phonemes are in parentheses.[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
- /i a/ can also have allophones [ɪ ə].[4]
Pronouns
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[4]
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | exclusive | on | mbi |
| inclusive | in | ||
| 2nd person | ko | ki | |
| 3rd person | mi | wat/mi | |
References
- ^ Iha at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Iha-Based Pidgin at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri (2022). Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation. University of Amsterdam.
- ^ a b Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
(Palmer 2018 classification)
subgroups
| Central Papua, Indonesia | |
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| Southeast Papua, Indonesia | |
| Southwest Papua New Guinea | |
| Central Papua New Guinea | |
| Papuan Peninsula |
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| Torricelli subgroups | |
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| Sepik subgroups | |
| Ramu subgroups |
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- West Papuan
- Northwest Papuan
- South Pauwasi
- East Papuan
- Southeast Papuan
- Papuan Gulf
- Binanderean–Goilalan
- Arai–Samaia
- Asmat–Mombum
- Trans-Fly–Bulaka River
- Trans-Fly
- Dani–Kwerba
- East Bird's Head – Sentani
- Kwomtari–Fas
- Left May – Kwomtari
- Tor–Kwerba–Nimboran
- West Trans–New Guinea
- West Papuan Highlands
- Central and South New Guinea
- Central West New Guinea
- East New Guinea Highlands
- Yele – West New Britain
- Sepik–Ramu
- Indo-Pacific
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