Ngalum is the most populous of the Ok languages of Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea.
| Ngalum | |
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| Sibil, Ngalum Weng[1] | |
| Region | Papua, Sandaun |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1981–1987)[2] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | szb |
| Glottolog | ngal1298 |
| ELP | Ngalum |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | |||
| Fricative | s | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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