Bargam, or Mugil, is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...
of
Sumgilbar Rural LLG
Sumgilbar Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Wards
*01. Bunbun ( Hember Avu and Brem language speakers)
*02. Erenduk ( Brem language speakers)
*03. Murukanam ( Brem language speakers)
*04. Malas ( ...
,
Madang Province
Madang is a Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capi ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
, spoken mainly by adults.
It is divergent within the
Madang language family.
The alphabet includes the letter
Q with hook tail
Q with hook tail (majuscule: Ɋ, minuscule: ɋ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. It was introduced by Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea for use in the Numanggang language in the 1930s or 1940s. In 2002, it was decided to discont ...
, Ɋ ɋ.
[Hepner, Mark (2006)]
''Bargam Grammar Sketch''
SIL International.
Phonology
Stress is usually found on the last syllable if it is closed, and on the penultimate syllable if the last syllable is open.
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References
Madang languages
Languages of Madang Province
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