Burum (also known as Yaknge or Somba-Siawari after its two dialects and Mindik in the language itself) is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Its closest related language is Borong (also known as Kosorong).
Phonology Consonants +Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar plain lab.Plosive unvoiced voiced Affricate unvoiced voiced Nasal Trill Fricative Approximant are aspirated word initially and unreleased word finally. Between vowels, they are . and are rarely , in some dialects. is word initially.
Vowels +Monophthongs Front Central Back Close Mid Open
Burum also has 14 diphthongs: , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
Orthography
+OrthographyUppercase letters A B D E F G H I J K L M N Ŋ O P Q R S T U W Gw Y Z ÖLowercase letters a b d e f g h i j k l m n ŋ o p q r s t u w gw y z öIPA
occurs in loanwords. Weakened are written , as pronounced.
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