CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Lowland
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p mb t nd k
m n ŋ
STOPS:p mb t nd k
NASALS:m n ŋ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:ʋ ɔ
TONES:?
STRESS:final
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2mf 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:3762
LANGUAGE:Yonggom
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (WC Western)
POPULATION:2,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Lowland
OTHERSOURC:
PLNGLS WPF
CONSONANTS:
p t d k
m n ŋ
STOPS:p t d k
NASALS:m n ŋ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
TONES:?
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2
NUMBER:3763
LANGUAGE:Ninggirum
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (WC Western)
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Lowland
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p t d k ɡ
β h m n ŋ
STOPS:p t d k ɡ
FRICATIVES:β h
NASALS:m n ŋ
GLIDES:j
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
STRESS:final
GENDER:m f
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2mf 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:3764
LANGUAGE:Iwur
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea
POPULATION:1,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Lowland
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:3765
LANGUAGE:Telefol
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (S West Sepik)
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
DICTIONARY:Healey, Phyllis and Alan Healey. 1977. Telefol Dictionary. PL C46.
OTHERSOURC:
Healey, Alan. 1964. Telefol Phonology. PL B3. Healey, P. M. 1965a. Telefol Noun Phrases. PL B4. Healey, Phyllis M. 1965b. "Telefol Clause Structure," PL A5, 1-26. Healey, Phyllis M. 1965c. "Telefol Verb Phrases," PL A5, 27-53. Healey, P. M. 1966. Levels and Chaining in Telefol Sentences. PL B5. PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b t̪h d̪ kh
f s̪ m n̪ ŋ l
STOPS:b t̪h d̪ kh
FRICATIVES:f s̪
NASALS:m n̪ ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ kh
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:I
CENTRALVOW:ɐ
BACKVOWELS:ʋ
LONGVOWELS:ī ɛ̄ ā ū ɔ̄
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:ris fall
NOUNNUMBER:some kinship terms have a plural; a few other nouns use reduplication
GENDER:m f
DEMONSTRAT:2 [both forms may be inflected to show: (1) above, (2) up, (3) over, (4) across, (5) down, (6) below, (7) iñout̃up] + ref
ARTICLES:def indef
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2mf 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN/ND N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:3766
LANGUAGE:Tifal
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (S West Sepik)
POPULATION:2,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:
Steinkraus, Walter. 1969. "Tifal Phonology Showing Vowel and Tone Neutralization," Kivung 2, 57-66. PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b t d k
ɸ s m n ŋ l
STOPS:b t d k
FRICATIVES:ɸ s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ k
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:ī ē ā ū ō
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:hi lo
STRESS:non-phonemic
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:3767
LANGUAGE:Kauwol
LOCATION:Indonesia (EC West Irian)
POPULATION:500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b t d k
f s m n ŋ l
STOPS:b t d k
FRICATIVES:f s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ k
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
TONES:tones
NUMBER:3768
LANGUAGE:Faiwol
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (N Western)
POPULATION:3,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:
Mecklenburg, Charlotte. 1974. "Phonology of Faiwol," in Studies in Languages of the Ok Family, Ukarumpa, PNG, SIL, 143-65. PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b th d kh ɡ
f s m n l
STOPS:b th d kh ɡ
FRICATIVES:f s
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ kh ɡ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
DIPHTHONGS:ai au ei
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:hi lo
STRESS:phonemic
SYNTAX:SOV NA DN N-NUM D+N+A
NUMBER:3769
LANGUAGE:Setaman
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:3770
LANGUAGE:Bimin
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (N Western)
POPULATION:1,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b t k ɡ
f s m n ŋ
ɾ
STOPS:b t k ɡ
FRICATIVES:f s
NASALS:m n ŋ
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ k ɡ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
TONES:tones
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2mf 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:3771
LANGUAGE:Mianmin
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (S West Sepik)
POPULATION:1,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:
Smith, Jean and Pam Weston. 1974a. "Mianmin Phonemes and Tonemes," in Studies in Languages of the Ok Family, Ukarumpa, PNG, SIL 5-33. Smith, Jean and Pam Weston. 1974b. "Notes on Mianmin Grammar," in Studies in Languages of the Ok Family, Ukarumpa, PNG, SIL, 35-142. PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
b th kh ɡ
f s h m n ŋ ľ
STOPS:b th kh ɡ
FRICATIVES:f s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:ľ
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ kh ɡ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
NASALVOWEL:ṽ a only
DIPHTHONGS:ei ai au ou
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C)
TONES:hi lo-fall lo-ris
STRESS:non-phonemic
NOUNNUMBER:s p
GENDER:m f
DEMONSTRAT:1
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2mf 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA/(AN) (GN) ND N-NUM POSS-N N+A+Num+D
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:3772
LANGUAGE:Mianmin
DIALECT:Wagarabai
LOCATION:NW Papua New Guinea (W West Sepik)
POPULATION:1,500 (500)
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p t d k
f s h m n ŋ l
STOPS:p t d k
FRICATIVES:f s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
TONES:tones
NUMBER:3773
LANGUAGE:Ngalum
LOCATION:Indonesia (EC West Irian)
POPULATION:18,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Ok: Mountain
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p b t d k ɡʷ pf s m n ŋ l
STOPS:p b t d k ɡʷ
AFFRICATES:pf
FRICATIVES:s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
TONES:tones
NUMBER:3774
LANGUAGE:Awin
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (WC Western)
POPULATION:6,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Awin-Pa
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p ph b t th d k kh ɡ
s h m n (ŋ)
ɾ
STOPS:p ph b t th d k kh ɡ
FRICATIVES:s h
NASALS:m n (ŋ)
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i (y) e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
TONES:tones
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 ? 6
SYNTAX:SOV GN POSS-N
NUMBER:3775
LANGUAGE:Pa
ALTERNATEN:Pare
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (WC Western)
POPULATION:1,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: Awin-Pa
OTHERSOURC:PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p b t nd k ɡ
(ɸ) s h m n (ŋ)
ɾ
STOPS:p b t nd k ɡ
FRICATIVES:(ɸ) s h
NASALS:m n (ŋ)
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:(ǝ) a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
NASALVOWEL:ĩ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
TONES:hi lo
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 ? ? ?
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:3776
LANGUAGE:Nomad
ALTERNATEN:Odoodee
DIALECT:Samo
LOCATION:WC Papua New Guinea (NE Western)
POPULATION:2,700 (650)
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: Trans-New Guinea: Central & Western: Central & South New Guinea: East Strickland
OTHERSOURC:
Daniel, R. and Karen A. Shaw. 1973. "Location: A Linguistic and Cultural Focus in Samo," Kivung 6, 158-72. Daniel, R. and Karen A. Shaw. 1977. "Samo Phonemes," in Phonologies of Five P.N.G. Languages, Ukarumpa, PNG, SIL, 97-135. LSGD PLNGLS