- Golin language
Infobox Language
name=Golin
region=Gumine District ,Simbu Province
speakers=51,105 (1981)
iso2=paa
iso3=gvf
familycolor=Papuan
fam1=Trans-New Guinea
fam2=Chimbu-Wahgi
fam3=Chimbu
script=Latin alphabet Golin (also Gollum, Gumine) is a Papuan language of
Papua New Guinea .Phonology
Vowels
Diphthong s that occur are IPA|/ɑi ɑu ɔi ui/. The consonants IPA|/l n/ can also be syllabic.Consonant
IPA|/bʷ ɡʷ/ are treated as single consonants by Bunn & Bunn (1970), but as combinations of IPA|/b/ + IPA|/w/, IPA|/ɡ/ + IPA|/w/ by Evans et al. (2005).
Two consonants appear to allow
free variation in their realisations: IPA| [s] varies with IPA| [ʃ] , and IPA| [l] with IPA| [ɬ] .IPA|/n/ assimilates to IPA| [ŋ] before IPA|/k/ and IPA|/ɡ/.
Tone
Golin is a
tonal language , distinguishing high, mid, and low tone.References
*cite journal |last=Bunn |first=Gordon |couthors=Bunn, Ruth |year=1970 |title=Golin phonology |journal=Pacific Linguistics A |volume=23 |pages=1–7
*cite journal |last=Bunn |first=Gordon |year=1974 |title=Golin grammar |journal=Working Papers in New Guinea Linguistics |volume=5
*cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |coauthors=et al. |title=Materials on Golin: Grammar, texts and dictionary |url=http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00001021/ |year=2005 |publisher=The Dept. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, The University of Melbourne |location=ParkvilleExternal links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gvf Ethnologue report for language code:gvf]
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