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Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.

Sepik Iwam
Yawenian
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
2,500 (2000 census)[1]
Language family
Sepik
  • Upper Sepik
    • Iwam
      • Sepik Iwam
Language codes
ISO 639-3iws
Glottologsepi1255
ELPSepik Iwam
Coordinates: 4.29131°S 142.006892°E / -4.29131; 142.006892 (Iniok)
Hauna pidgin
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
None
Language family
Iwam-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologhaun1238

It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (4.29131°S 142.006892°E / -4.29131; 142.006892 (Iniok)) in Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.[2][3]


Phonology


Consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s h
Liquid r
Semivowel w j
Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

Pronouns


Sepik Iwam pronouns:[4]: 282 

singulardualplural
1st person kakərarkəram
2nd person kəkowkom
3rd person masculine si sow səm
feminine sa

Grammar


Sepik Iwam subject agreement suffixes are:[4]

singulardualplural
masculine *-ən *-o *-əm
feminine *-a

The structure of this subject agreement paradigm can be traced back to Proto-Sepik, although the morphemes themselves do not seem to be directly related to the reconstructed Proto-Sepik forms. (See also Sepik languages#Gender.)


References


  1. Sepik Iwam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

Further reading



На других языках

- [en] Sepik Iwam language

[fr] Iwam du Sepik

L'iwam du Sepik est une langue papoue parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée dans la province de Sepik oriental.


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