Gavak language
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Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
| Gavak | |
|---|---|
| Dimir, Bosiken | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 3,800 (2003)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmc |
| Glottolog | dimi1244 |
Gavak, also known as Bosiken (Boskien) and Dimir, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] It is spoken in the Dimir River area.
Phonology
[edit ]Consonants
[edit ]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
| Fricative | s | |||
| Trill | r | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |
Vowels
[edit ]| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a |
References
[edit ]- ^ Gavak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023年06月04日. Retrieved 2023年03月01日.
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