Murkim language
{{Short description|Language in Papua}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Murkim
|nativename=
|states=Western New Guinea
|region=Pegunungan Bintang Regency: Mofinop District (Milki and Mot villages) and Murkim District
|speakers=290
|date=2004
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Pauwasi
|fam2=Yetfa – South Pauwasi
|fam3=South Pauwasi
|fam4=Lepki–Murkim
|iso3=rmh
|glotto=murk1238
|glottorefname=Murkim
}}
Murkim is a Papuan language of Western New Guinea, near its relatives Lepki and Kembra. Though spoken by fewer than 300 people, it is being learned by children. It is spoken in Murkim District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia.
Dialects include the varieties spoken in Milki and Mot villages (Wambaliau 2004: 22-28).[https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/pauwasi-river/yetfa-south-pauwasi-river/south-pauwasi-river New Guinea World, South Pauwasi River]
Pronouns
:
| {{table}}
|+ Murkim independent pronouns ! !! sg !! pl |
| 1excl
| nuːk || nakme |
|---|
| 1incl
| || nakmere |
| 2
| hak(o) || sakmere |
| 3
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | kne ~ yak ~ ire |
Sentences
{{interlinear|number=(1)
|iro-mo munɪ l-aba-le kne-lo
|3-SBJ money ?-father-DAT? give-TNS
|‘She gave money to my father.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(2)
|irom-mo abum har-ko
|3-SBJ tomorrow go-TNS
|‘She goes tomorrow.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(3)
|iro-mo yo tma-kon li-lo
|3-SBJ wood machete-INSTR cut-TNS
|‘He is cutting wood with a machete.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(4)
|iro-mo lais-if ɲi-lo
|3-SBJ rice-? eat-TNS
|‘Does she eat rice?’}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Wambaliau, Theresia. 2004. Survey Report on the Murkim Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
{{Papuan languages}}