Mundugumor | |
---|---|
Biwat | |
Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
Ethnicity | Mundugumor people |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2003) [1] |
Yuat
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bwm |
Glottolog |
biwa1243 |
ELP | Biwat |
Coordinates: 4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E |
Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village ( 4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [1] [2]
Mundukumo consonants are: [3]
p | t | k | |
ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮʤ | ᵑg |
m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
f | s | ||
ᵐv | |||
r | |||
w | j |
Mundukumo vowels are: [3]
i | u | |
e | ə | o |
a |
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms: [3]: 228
gloss | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
‘snake’ | mas | mase |
‘tooth’ | adusuva | adusuvavi |
‘bone’ | avu | avuvavi |
‘nose’ | ŋlək | ŋlu |
‘thigh’ | guak | go |
‘hand’ | klik | klia |
‘dog’ | ken | kidu |
‘betelnut’ | siman | simadu |
‘ear’ | tuan | tuadu |
‘fire’ | mən | məda |
‘basket’ | ban | bada |
‘mouth’ | balaŋ | balaji |
‘house’ | klaŋ | klagi |
‘star’ | susuaŋ | susuagi |
‘water’ | mam | mabi |
‘neck’ | volam | volabi |
‘ball’ | muŋmam | muŋmabi |
‘cassowary’ | kalim | kalimu |
‘girl’ | analom | analomu |
‘paddle’ | dum | dumu |
Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages. [3]: 228
Mundugumor | |
---|---|
Biwat | |
Region | East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
Ethnicity | Mundugumor people |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2003) [1] |
Yuat
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bwm |
Glottolog |
biwa1243 |
ELP | Biwat |
Coordinates: 4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E |
Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village ( 4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [1] [2]
Mundukumo consonants are: [3]
p | t | k | |
ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮʤ | ᵑg |
m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
f | s | ||
ᵐv | |||
r | |||
w | j |
Mundukumo vowels are: [3]
i | u | |
e | ə | o |
a |
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms: [3]: 228
gloss | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
‘snake’ | mas | mase |
‘tooth’ | adusuva | adusuvavi |
‘bone’ | avu | avuvavi |
‘nose’ | ŋlək | ŋlu |
‘thigh’ | guak | go |
‘hand’ | klik | klia |
‘dog’ | ken | kidu |
‘betelnut’ | siman | simadu |
‘ear’ | tuan | tuadu |
‘fire’ | mən | məda |
‘basket’ | ban | bada |
‘mouth’ | balaŋ | balaji |
‘house’ | klaŋ | klagi |
‘star’ | susuaŋ | susuagi |
‘water’ | mam | mabi |
‘neck’ | volam | volabi |
‘ball’ | muŋmam | muŋmabi |
‘cassowary’ | kalim | kalimu |
‘girl’ | analom | analomu |
‘paddle’ | dum | dumu |
Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages. [3]: 228