Urim language

Urim
Kalp
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province, Sandaun Province
Native speakers
3,700 (2003)
Dialects
  • Kukwo
  • Yangkolen
Language codes
ISO 639-3uri
Glottologurim1252
ELPUrim

Urim is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Kalp; dialects are Kukwo, Yangkolen. There is a grammatical description by Hemmilä and Luoma (2009).

Phonology

Urim has vowel length contrast, but only for monosyllabic words. Urim also has the prestopped nasals /pm/, /tn/, and /kŋ/.

Urim minimal pairs with short and long vowels:

Pre-stopped nasals contrast with non-pre-stopped nasals:

Pronouns

Pronouns are:

singulardualpaucalplural
1incl mentepm
1excl kupmmentakŋmintomen
2 kitnkipmekŋkipmteŋkipm
3 kiltuwekŋtuteŋtu

Like the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, Urim (as well as Kombio) distinguishes dual and paucal pronouns.

References

  1. ↑ Urim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Hemmilä, Ritva, and Luoma, Pirkko. 2009. Urim grammar. http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=52255
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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.