lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageUrim is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Kalp; dialects are Kukwo, Yangkolen. There is a grammatical description by Hemmilä and Luoma (2009).[2]
Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Urim |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
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| Region | East Sepik Province, Sandaun Province |
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Native speakers | 3,700 (2003)[1] |
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Language family | |
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| ISO 639-3 | uri |
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| Glottolog | urim1252 |
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| ELP | Urim |
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Phonology
Urim has vowel length contrast, but only for monosyllabic words. Urim also has the prestopped nasals /pm/, /tn/, and /kŋ/.[3]
Urim minimal pairs with short and long vowels:[3]
- waŋ ‘time’, waːŋ ‘tree trunk’
- hen ‘wild sago’, heːn ‘outside’
Pre-stopped nasals contrast with non-pre-stopped nasals:[3]
- wak ‘species of plant’, waŋ ‘time’, wakŋ ‘fire’
- yat ‘enough’, yan ‘father’, hatn ‘walk’
- lim ‘nose’, kipm ‘you (pl)’
- melp ‘wasp’, yelm ‘earthquake’, walpm ‘liver’
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[3]
| singular | dual | paucal | plural |
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| 1incl |
| | | mentepm |
| 1excl |
kupm | mentakŋ | minto | men |
| 2 |
kitn | kipmekŋ | kipmteŋ | kipm |
| 3 |
kil | tuwekŋ | tuteŋ | tu |
Like the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, Urim (as well as Kombio) distinguishes dual and paucal pronouns.[3]
References
- Urim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Hemmilä, Ritva, and Luoma, Pirkko. 2009. Urim grammar. http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=52255
- 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.
Torricelli languages |
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| Arapesh | |
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| Maimai | |
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| One (West Wapei) | |
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| Marienberg | |
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| Wapei | |
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| Palei | |
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| Urim | |
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| Bogia | |
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| Others | |
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Languages of Papua New Guinea |
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| Official languages | |
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Major Indigenous
languages | |
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Other Papuan
languages | | Angan | |
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| Awin–Pa | |
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| Binanderean | |
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| Bosavi | |
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| Chimbu–Wahgi | |
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| New Ireland | |
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| Duna–Pogaya | |
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| East Kutubuan | |
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| East Strickland | |
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| Engan | |
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| Eleman | |
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| Ok–Oksapmin | |
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| Teberan | |
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| Tirio | |
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| Turama–Kikorian | |
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| Larger families |
- Finisterre–Huon
- Kainantu–Goroka
- Madang
- Ramu–Lower Sepik
- Sepik
- Southeast Papuan
- Torricelli
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| Sign languages | |
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