Kimki language


Kimki or Sukubatom is a South Pauwasi language of Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Foley classifies Kimki as a language isolate, although he notes some similarities with Murkim. Usher demonstrates a connection to the other South Pauwasi languages.
An automated computational analysis by Müller et al. found lexical similarities with Pyu. However, since the analysis was automatically generated, the grouping could be either due to mutual lexical borrowing or genetic inheritance.
Dialects include the varieties spoken in Batom and Sabi villages.

Pronouns

Pronouns are:

Basic vocabulary

Basic vocabulary of Kimki listed in Foley :

Sentences

Some example sentences in Kimki from Rumaropen, as quoted in Foley :
Only 12 sentence examples are given by Rumaropen. Other than that, there are virtually no other sentences and texts available for Kimki.