Kimki language
| Kimki | |
|---|---|
| Sukubatom | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Batom District, near Sepik River entrance to Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 500 (2004)[1] |
Pauwasi
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sbt |
| Glottolog | kimk1238 |
| ELP | Kimki |
Kimki (Aipki[2]) or Sukubatom (Sukubatong) is a South Pauwasi language of Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Foley classifies Kimki as a language isolate, although he notes some similarities with Murkim.[2] Usher demonstrates a connection to the other South Pauwasi languages.
Dialects include the varieties spoken in Batom and Sabi villages (Rumaropen 2004).[3]
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[2]
Kimki independent pronouns sg pl 1 win name 2 fume same 3 mame
Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary of Kimki listed in Foley (2018):[2]
Kimki basic vocabulary gloss Kimki ‘bird’ ã ‘blood’ afupla ‘bone’ kwal ‘breast’ mua ‘ear’ bwa ‘eat’ auko ‘egg’ im ‘eye’ ẽ ‘fire’ kamop ‘give’ an ‘go’ bi ~ kaik ‘ground’ nim ‘hair’ it ‘hear’ fas ‘leg’ up ‘louse’ nim ‘man’ ap ‘moon’ lokaya ‘name’ aip ~ mi ‘one’ amatri ‘road, path’ bagin ‘see’ weː ‘sky’ fim ‘stone’ kwil ‘sun’ bwakaya ‘tongue’ albak ‘tooth’ luː ‘tree’ maul ‘two’ alas ‘water’ dɪ ‘woman’ kiam
Sentences
Some example sentences in Kimki from Rumaropen (2004), as quoted in Foley (2018):[4][2]
(1)
warime mame aik yesterday 3 come
- ‘He came yesterday.’
(2)
mame mambak me bi 3 village OBL go
- ‘She went to the village.’
(3)
mame kaes augo 3 cooked.rice eat
- ‘She eats cooked rice.’
(4)
mame wambani wel-aba-me an 3 money 1SG.POSS?-father-OBL? give
- ‘She gave money to my father.’
Only 12 sentence examples are given by Rumaropen (2004). Other than that, there are virtually no other sentences and texts available for Kimki.
References
- ^ Kimki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ New Guinea World, South Pauwasi River
- ^ Rumaropen, Benny. 2004. Sociolinguistic report on the varieties of the Kimki Language in the region southeast of Ji Mountain, Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished ms. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.