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Kimaghama language

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Kimaghama
Kimaama
Native toIndonesia
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kig
Glottologkima1246

Kimaama, or Kimaghama, is a language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island in Papua province, Indonesia.

Grammar

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Kimaghama has isolating morphology.[2]: 895 

References

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  1. ^ Kimaghama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". 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. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.