Baham, also rendered Mbahaam, is a Papuan language spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula. It is closely related to the Iha language.
| Baham | |
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| Patimuni | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
Native speakers | (1,100 cited 1987)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdw |
| Glottolog | baha1258 |
Locations within Fak-Fak Regency:[2]
Baham pronouns (Flassy et al. 1987)[3]
| personal | possessive | |
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| 1SG | anduu | ne |
| 2SG | tow | te |
| 3SG | kpwaw | ka |
| 1PL | unduu | ni |
| 2PL | kujuu | kuju |
| 3PL | kinewat | kinewaat |
Papuan language families (Palmer 2018 classification) | |||||||||||
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| Trans-New Guinea subgroups |
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| Eastern Nusantara families and isolates |
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| Bird's Head Peninsula families and isolates |
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| Northern Western New Guinea families and isolates | |||||||||||
| Central Western New Guinea families and isolates |
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| Sepik-Ramu basin families and isolates |
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| Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea families and isolates | |||||||||||
| Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands families and isolates | |||||||||||
| Rossel Island isolate |
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| Proposed groupings |
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| Proto-language |
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West Trans–New Guinea languages | |||||||
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| Dani | |||||||
| Paniai Lakes | |||||||
| West Bomberai | |||||||
| Timor–Alor–Pantar |
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