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2 Pronouns  




3 References  













Iha language






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This article is about a Papuan language. For the Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas, see Saparua language.
Iha
Kapaur
Native toPapua
RegionBomberai Peninsula

Native speakers

(5,500 cited 1987)[1]

Language family

Trans–New Guinea

Language codes
ISO 639-3ihp
Glottologihaa1241
Pidgin Iha
Native toIndonesia
RegionBomberai Peninsula

Native speakers

None

Language family

Iha-based pidgin

Language codes
ISO 639-3ihb
Glottologihab1241
ELPIha Based Pidgin

Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.[2]

Phonology[edit]

Consonants
Labial Dental/
Alveolar 		Palatal Velar Labio-
dorsal 		Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t̪ (t͡ʃ) q͡p q
voiced (b) d̪ (d͡ʒ) ɢ
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ ᵑᵐɡ͡b
Fricative voiceless (f) s h
voiced β
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral l
Semivowel j w
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Pronouns[edit]

Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[4]

singular plural
1st person exclusive on mbi
inclusive in
2nd person ko ki
3rd person mi wat/mi

References[edit]

  1. ^ IhaatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • ^ Iha-Based PidginatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • ^ Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri (2022). Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation. University of Amsterdam.
  • ^ a b Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.


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