Boiken language

Boiken (Nucum, Yangoru) is one of the more populous of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken around Boiken Creek in Yangoru-Saussia District, East Sepik Province and adjacent islands off the north coast of northern Papua New Guinea.[1]

Boiken
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSepik River basin
Native speakers
35,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzf
Glottologboik1241
ELPBoiken

Phonology
Consonants of Boiken[2]
Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial–velar Glottal
Plosive p t k ɡ
Nasal m n̪ n ŋ
Sibilant affricate ts
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative f h
Approximant j w
Trill r
Lateral approximant l̪
Lateral tap/flap ɺ

References
  1. Boiken at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. "PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  • Paradisec houses two collections of Arthur Capell's materials that include Boiken (AC1 and AC2) as well as notes from Don Laycock's work (DL2) all of these collections are open access.
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