Urim | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province, Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 3,700 (2003) [1] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
uri |
Glottolog |
urim1252 |
ELP | Urim |
Urim is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Kalp; dialects are Kukwo, Yangkolen. There is a grammatical description by Hemmilä and Luoma (2009). [2]
Urim has vowel length contrast, but only for monosyllabic words. Urim also has the prestopped nasals /pm/, /tn/, and /kŋ/. [3]
Urim minimal pairs with short and long vowels: [3]
Pre-stopped nasals contrast with non-pre-stopped nasals: [3]
Pronouns are: [3]
singular | dual | paucal | plural | |
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1incl | mentepm | |||
1excl | kupm | mentakŋ | minto | men |
2 | kitn | kipmekŋ | kipmteŋ | kipm |
3 | kil | tuwekŋ | tuteŋ | tu |
Like the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, Urim (as well as Kombio) distinguishes dual and paucal pronouns. [3]