Bimin language
{{Short description|Ok language spoken in New Guinea}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Bimin
|nativename=
|region=Papua New Guinea
|ethnicity=
|speakers={{sigfig|2250|2}}
|date=2003
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea
|fam2 = Central & South New Guinea ?
|fam3 = Ok
|fam4 = Mountain Ok
|iso3 = bhl
|glotto=bimi1240
|glottorefname=Bimin
| map = Ok-Oksapmin languages.svg
| mapalt = Ok-Oksapmin Languages
| mapcaption = OK-Oksapmin Languages
}}
Bim or Bimin is one of the Ok languages of New Guinea. It is spoken in Sandaun and Western Provinces in the region between the Murray and Strickland Rivers. The language is related to Faiwol but there is also "much intermarriage and cultural exchange with Oksapmin".{{Cite web |last=Steer |first=Martin |date=September 1, 2005 |title=LANGUAGES OF THE UPPER SEPIK AND CENTRAL NEW GUINEA |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576ed271bebafbef665249c0/t/576ef4d7725e2552c3689535/1466889435280/Languages_of_the_Upper_Sepik_and_Central_New_Guinea.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315093240/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576ed271bebafbef665249c0/t/576ef4d7725e2552c3689535/1466889435280/Languages_of_the_Upper_Sepik_and_Central_New_Guinea.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=2017-03-15}}
Phonology
=Consonants=
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+Consonants{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Thomas |last2=Whitney |first2=Henry |date=March 1999 |title=Bimin Phonology Essentials |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/43829 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=SIL}}{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Thomas |date=April 2003 |title=Bimin Organised Phonology Data |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/31096 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=SIL |version=Draft}} | |
| rowspan=2| Plosive | Voiceless
| || {{IPAlink|t}} || {{IPAlink|k}} |
|---|---|
| Voiced
| {{IPAlink|b}} || {{IPAlink|d}} || {{IPAlink|g}} | |
| colspan=2|Nasal
| {{IPAlink|m}} || {{IPAlink|n}} || {{IPAlink|ŋ}} | |
| colspan=2|Lateral
| || {{IPAlink|l}} || | |
| colspan=2|Fricative
| {{IPAlink|f}} || {{IPAlink|s}} || |
- {{IPAslink|k}} can be pronounced {{IPA|[kχ]}}~{{IPAblink|χ}}~{{IPA|[gχ]}}~{{IPAblink|ɣ}}.
- {{IPAslink|g}} is {{IPAblink|g}} in syllable onsets and {{IPAblink|ŋ}} in syllable codas.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Thomas |year=1997 |title=Bimin grammar essentials |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/43843 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=SIL |version=Draft}}
- Intervocalic {{IPAslink|b}} is "almost like" {{IPAslink|w}} or {{IPAblink|β}}.
- {{IPAslink|f}} is {{IPAblink|w}} syllable initially and intervocalically and {{IPAblink|p}} syllable finally.
- {{IPAslink|l}} is {{IPAblink|l}}~{{IPAblink|ɾ}} and never occurs word initially.
=Vowels=
References
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{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Central and South New Guinea languages}}
Category:Languages of Sandaun Province
Category:Languages of Southern Highlands Province
Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
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