Aimele language

Aimele
Aimele
Kware
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Lake Campbell, Western Province
Native speakers	300 (2016)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Bosavi Aimele; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ail
Glottolog	aime1238
ELP	Aimele

Aimele is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It has around 300 speakers, living primarily in Lake Campbell in Western Province, where it is the dominant language of the community.^[1]^: 4

Names

The alternate names for Aimele are Eibela and Kware.^[2]

Phonology

Aimele has 28 phonemes in total, with a consonantal inventory of 13 phonemes, and a vowel inventory of 14 phonemes when including diphthongs and lengthened vowels, or 5 without.^[1]^: 26

Consonants

The consonantal system is very similar to the ones found in the neighboring languages Kasua, Kaluli, Kamula and Odoodee.^[1]^: 26

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless		t		k
Plosive	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative		ɸ	s			h
Approximant		w	l	j

Vowels

	Short		Long
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	i	u	iː	uː
Mid	ɛ	o	ɛ:	oː
Open	a		aː
Diphthongs	ai, oi, ou, ɛi

References

1 2 3 Aiton, Grant William (2016). A grammar of Eibela: a language of the Western Province, Papua New Guinea (phd thesis). James Cook University.
↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Aimele". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 Aiton, Grant William (2016). A grammar of Eibela: a language of the Western Province, Papua New Guinea (phd thesis). James Cook University.

[2] "Glottolog 5.1 - Aimele". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

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Aimele
Kware
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Lake Campbell, Western Province
Native speakers	300 (2016)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Bosavi Aimele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ail`
Glottolog	`aime1238`
ELP	Aimele