Bukiyip language
Appearance
Bukiyip | |
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Mountain Arapesh | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ape |
Glottolog | buki1249 |
ELP | Bukiyip |
Bukiyip (Bukiyúp), or Mountain Arapesh, is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea.
Sound system
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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plain | round | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ɳ | |||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | kʷ |
voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ɡʷ | |
Fricative | s | h | hʷ | |||
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | l |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
References
- ^ Bukiyip at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)