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Kimki language

Pauwasi language spoken in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Kimki (Aipki[2]) or Sukubatom (Sukubatong) is a South Pauwasi language of Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Foley classifies Kimki as a language isolate, although he notes some similarities with Murkim.[2] Usher demonstrates a connection to the other South Pauwasi languages.

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An automated computational analysis (ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013)[3] found lexical similarities with Pyu. However, since the analysis was automatically generated, the grouping could be either due to mutual lexical borrowing or genetic inheritance.

Dialects include the varieties spoken in Batom and Sabi villages (Rumaropen 2004).[4]

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Pronouns

Pronouns are:[2]

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Basic vocabulary

Basic vocabulary of Kimki listed in Foley (2018):[2]

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Sentences

Some example sentences in Kimki from Rumaropen (2004), as quoted in Foley (2018):[5][2]

(1)

warime

yesterday

mame

3

aik

come

warime mame aik

yesterday 3 come

‘He came yesterday.’

(2)

mame

3

mambak

village

me

OBL

bi

go

mame mambak me bi

3 village OBL go

‘She went to the village.’

(3)

mame

3

kaes

cooked.rice

augo

eat

mame kaes augo

3 cooked.rice eat

‘She eats cooked rice.’

(4)

mame

3

wambani

money

wel-aba-me

1SG.POSS?-father-OBL?

an

give

mame wambani wel-aba-me an

3 money 1SG.POSS?-father-OBL? give

‘She gave money to my father.’

Only 12 sentence examples are given by Rumaropen (2004). Other than that, there are virtually no other sentences and texts available for Kimki.

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