Riantana language

Riantana, or Kimaam, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.

Riantana
Kimaam
Ndom-bana
Native toIndonesia
Native speakers
(1,100 cited 1977)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3ran
Glottologrian1263[2]

Phonology

Riantana phonemic inventory:[3]

Consonants
p, t, ʈ, c, k, b, d, d̪, ɟ, ɡ, ᵐb, ⁿd, ⁿd̪, ᶮɟ, ᵑɡ, m, n, ŋ, β, ɣ, r, j, w
Vowels
i, ɛ, a, ə, ɔ, o, u

References

  1. Riantana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Riantana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.


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