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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