Kire language

Kire (Giri) is a Ramu language of Giri village (4.286778°S 144.724753°E / -4.286778; 144.724753 (Giri 1)) in Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]

Kire
Giri
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
2,400 (2003)[1]
Ramu
Language codes
ISO 639-3geb
Glottologkire1240
ELPKire
Coordinates: 4.286778°S 144.724753°E / -4.286778; 144.724753 (Giri 1)

Phonology

Out of all the Ramu languages, Kire has the most complex consonant phonemic inventory. The Kire consonants are:[4]

ptk
ᵐpⁿtᵑk
bdɡ
ᵐbⁿdᵑg
fsh
vz
n
z
mnŋ
r
ʋj

Orthography

Kire orthography:[5]

Kire alphabet
Phonemes ɑɑ̃bβd efgh iĩɨɨ̃k mᵐbᵐpn
Lowercase letters aäbd eëfgh iïɨɨ̈k khmmbmpn
Phonemes ⁿdⁿtŋᵑgᵑk oõpr stu ũvwz
Lowercase letters ndntŋŋgŋk oöpphr sštthu üvwz

References

  1. Kire at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  5. "Organised Phonology Data Kire". SIL.
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