Native to Papua Native speakers (5,500 cited 1987) Glottolog ihaa1241 | Region Bomberai Peninsula ISO 639-3 ihp | |
Language family Trans–New Guinea
West Trans–New Guinea
West Bomberai
West Bomberai proper
Iha | ||
Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.
Pronouns
The classification of Iha (and other West Bomberai languages) is based entirely on pronouns, given the lack of available lexical data. Flassy and Animung (1992) list the following pronouns for Iha.
References
Iha language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA