Rumu | |
---|---|
Kairi | |
Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1990) [1] |
Papuan Gulf ?
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
klq |
Glottolog |
rumu1243 |
Rumu (Rumuwa), or Kairi (Kai-Iri), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Other names for it are Dumu (Tumu) and Kibiri.
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |
---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p | t | k |
Fricative | ( s) | h | |
Nasal | m | n | |
Approximant | w | r | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid-high | e ⟨ë⟩ | o ⟨ö⟩ | |
Mid-low | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
-i | -e | -ɛ | -a | -ɔ | -u | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
i- | ia | iɔ | ||||
e- | (ei) | ea | eɔ | |||
ɛ- | ɛi | ɛa | ɛu | |||
a- | ai | ae | aɔ | au | ||
o- | (oi) | oe | oa | |||
ɔ- | ɔi | ɔɛ | ɔa | ɔu | ||
u- | [ui] | uɔ |
Additionally, Rumu is tonal, distinguishing four tones: falling ⟨à⟩, rising ⟨á⟩, peaking ⟨â⟩, and level ⟨ā⟩. [2]
Rumu | |
---|---|
Kairi | |
Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1990) [1] |
Papuan Gulf ?
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
klq |
Glottolog |
rumu1243 |
Rumu (Rumuwa), or Kairi (Kai-Iri), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Other names for it are Dumu (Tumu) and Kibiri.
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |
---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p | t | k |
Fricative | ( s) | h | |
Nasal | m | n | |
Approximant | w | r | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid-high | e ⟨ë⟩ | o ⟨ö⟩ | |
Mid-low | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
-i | -e | -ɛ | -a | -ɔ | -u | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
i- | ia | iɔ | ||||
e- | (ei) | ea | eɔ | |||
ɛ- | ɛi | ɛa | ɛu | |||
a- | ai | ae | aɔ | au | ||
o- | (oi) | oe | oa | |||
ɔ- | ɔi | ɔɛ | ɔa | ɔu | ||
u- | [ui] | uɔ |
Additionally, Rumu is tonal, distinguishing four tones: falling ⟨à⟩, rising ⟨á⟩, peaking ⟨â⟩, and level ⟨ā⟩. [2]