Oksapmin language
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| Oksapmin | ||
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| Spoken in: | Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea | |
| Total speakers: | 8,000 (1991) | |
| Language family: | Trans-New Guinea Oksapmin |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | paa | |
| ISO 639-3: | opm | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Oksapmin is a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
There are seven monophthongs, /i e ə a o ʊ u/, and one diphthong, /ai/.
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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| Unrounded | Rounded | |||||
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | |
| Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | xʷ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
[edit] Tone
Oksapmin contrasts two tones: high and low.
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