Iha (Matta, Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken by the Mbaham-Matta people (primarily Matta) of the Bomberai Peninsula in West Papua Province, Indonesia. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.
Phonology + Consonants Labial Dental/Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-dorsal Uvular Glottal Nasal Plosive/Affricate voiceless () voiced () () prenasalized Fricativevoiceless () voiced Approximant Tap/Flap
Marginal phonemes are in parentheses.
+ Vowels Front Central Back Close Close-mid Open-mid Open
/i a/ can also have allophones [ɪ ə].
Pronouns Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.
singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person /
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