Gavak language

Gavak
Dimir
Bosiken
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
3,800 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dmc
Glottologdimi1244

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

Consonants

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

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

[2]

References

  1. ^ Gavak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.


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