Gavak language
| Gavak | |
|---|---|
| Dimir | |
| Bosiken | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 3,800 (2003)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmc |
| Glottolog | dimi1244 |
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
- ^ Gavak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
