Beami | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Ethnicity | Kaluli |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
beo |
Glottolog |
beam1240 |
Beami (Bedamini, Bedamuni, Mougulu) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Komofio is a dialect.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Lateral | l | |||||
Tap | ɺ | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ɔ | |
Open | a |
/a/ can also be heard as [æ]. [2]