Iwm

Also Known As: Iwam Language,May River Description: Iwam or May River Iwam is a language of Papua New Guinea spoken in East Sepik Province. In non-final positions, /u/ /o/, /i/, and /e/ are [ʊ] [ɔ], [ɪ], and [ɛ], respectively. /ə/ appears only in nonfinal syllables. When adjacent to nasal consonants, vowels are nasalized; nasalization may also occur when adjacent to word boundaries. /p/ and /k/ are voiced fricatives ([β] and [ɣ]) respectively) when intervocalic and unreleased when final (/t/ is also unreleased when final). /ŋ/ is a nasal flap ([ɾ̃]) word-initially and between vowels. /s/ is [ts] initially and may otherwise be palatalized [sʲ]. Sequences of any consonant and /w/ are neutralized before /u/ where an offglide is always heard. Bilabial and velar consonants and /n/ may be followed by /w/ when initial. Other initial clusters include /pr/, /kr/, /hr/, /hw/, and /hn/ and final clusters are /w/ or /j/ followed by any consonant except for /h/ or /ŋ/...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Iwam language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/iwm/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Papua New Guinea Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: iwm Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Sepik-Ramu Group     Sepik Group       Upper Sepik Group         Iwam Group           Iwam language