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]
Iha | |
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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 | |
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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 |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Liquid | rhotic | r | ||||
lateral | l | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[3]
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | exclusive | on | mbi |
inclusive | in | ||
2nd person | ko | ki | |
3rd person | mi | wat/mi |
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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