Oksapmin language

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Oksapmin
Spoken in:	Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea
Total speakers:	8,000 (1991)
Language family:	Trans-New Guinea  Oksapmin
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	paa
ISO 639-3:	opm
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Oksapmin is a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Tone

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels

There are seven monophthongs, /i e ə a o ʊ u/, and one diphthong, /ai/.

[edit] Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
					Unrounded	Rounded
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ
	Voiced	b	d		ɡ	ɡʷ
Fricative			s		x	xʷ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ	ŋʷ
Flap			ɾ
Approximant				j		w

[edit] Tone

Oksapmin contrasts two tones: high and low.