| Burum | |
|---|---|
| Mindik | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2000 census) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bmu |
| Glottolog |
buru1306 |
Burum (also known as Yaknge or Somba-Siawari after its two dialects and Mindik in the language itself) is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Its closest related language is Borong (also known as Kosorong). [2]
Orthography
| Uppercase letters | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ŋ | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | Gw | Y | Z | Ö |
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| Lowercase letters | a | b | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | w | gw | y | z | ö |
| IPA | / ɑ/ | / b/ | / d/ | / e/ | / f/ | / ɡ/ | / ɣ/ | / i/ | /dz/ | / k/ | / l/ | / m/ | / n/ | / ŋ/ | / o/ | / p/ | / kʷ/ | / r/ | / s/ | / t/ | / u/ | / w/ | / gʷ/ | / j/ | / t͡s/ | / ə/ |
References
- ^ Burum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Bulum River - newguineaworld".
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^ Olkkonen, Soini (1994).
"Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
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External links
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"Somba-Siawari (Burum Mindik)—English dictionary" (PDF).
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"The Clitics of the Somba-Siawari Language" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - Burum-Mindik Swadesh List