Aimele is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It has around 300 speakers, living primarily in Lake Campbell in Western Province, where it is the dominant language of the community.
Names The alternate names for Aimele are Eibela and Kware.
Phonology Aimele has 28 phonemes in total, with a consonantal inventory of 13 phonemes, and a vowel inventory of 14 phonemes when including diphthongs and lengthened vowels, or 5 without.
Consonants The consonantal system is very similar to the ones found in the neighboring languages Kasua, Kaluli, Kamula and Odoodee. BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosivevoicelessvoicedFricativeApproximant
Vowels ShortLongFrontBackFrontBackCloseMid:OpenDiphthongsai, oi, ou, ɛi
References
External links Aimele (ail) Swadesh List by The Rosetta Project at the Internet Archive An archive of Eibela language materials from the Bosavi region OLAC resources in and about the Aimele language