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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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