Urim language
Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
|---|---|
| Kalp | |
| 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 |
Phonology
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]
- waŋ ‘time’, waːŋ ‘tree trunk’
- hen ‘wild sago’, heːn ‘outside’
Pre-stopped nasals contrast with non-pre-stopped nasals:[3]
- wak ‘species of plant’, waŋ ‘time’, wakŋ ‘fire’
- yat ‘enough’, yan ‘father’, hatn ‘walk’
- lim ‘nose’, kipm ‘you (pl)’
- melp ‘wasp’, yelm ‘earthquake’, walpm ‘liver’
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[3]
| singular | dual | paucal | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
References
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