Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
This article is about a Papuan language. For the Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas, see
Saparua language.
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
- Marginal phonemes are in parentheses.[3]
- /i a/ can also have allophones [ɪ ə].[4]
Pronouns
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[4]
|
|
singular
|
plural
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| 1st person
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exclusive
|
on
|
mbi
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| inclusive
|
in
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| 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.
