Iha language
This article is about a Papuan language. For the Austronesian language spoken in the Mulukus, see Saparua language.
| Iha | |
|---|---|
| Kapaur | |
| Native to | Papua |
| Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (5,500 cited 1987)[1] |
|
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ihp |
| Glottolog |
ihaa1241[2] |
| Pidgin Iha | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | None |
|
Iha-based pidgin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ihb |
| Glottolog |
ihab1241[2] |
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.[3]
Pronouns
The classification of Iha (and other West Bomberai languages) is based entirely on pronouns, given the lack of available lexical data. Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.[4]
| SG | PL | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | on | in (inc.) mbi (exc.) |
| 2 | ko | ki |
| 3 | mi | wat/mi |
References
- ↑ Iha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Iha". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Iha-Based Pidgin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.
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