Bukiyip language
| Bukiyip | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
References
- ^ Bukiyip at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)