Not to be confused with Kimaam language.
Kimaghama
EthnicityKimaam
NativenameKimaama
StatesIndonesia
Speakers3,000
Date1987
Refe18
FamilycolorPapuan
Fam 1Trans–New Guinea
Fam 2Kolopom
Iso 3kig
Glottokima1246
GlottorefnameKimaama

Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.

Phonology

Consonants[1]
LabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Nasalmnŋ
Plosivevoicelessptʈck
voicedbdɖɟɡ
prenasalᵐbⁿt ⁿdᶯʈ ᶯɖᶮɟᵑɡ
Fricativeβɣ
Trillr
Approximantwj
Vowels[1]
FrontCentralBack
Highiu
High-mideəo
Low-midɛɔ
Lowa

Grammar

Kimaghama has isolating morphology.[2]: 895

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Bill (2018). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 665.
  2. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Vol. 4. The World of Linguistics. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.