Anjam
Bom
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
2,000 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3boj
Glottologanja1238

Anjam or Bom is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Other names include Bogadjim, Bogajim, Bogati, and Lalok. It is spoken in villages such as Bogadjim (5°27′24″S 145°44′12″E / 5.456579°S 145.736607°E / -5.456579; 145.736607 (Bom (Bugajim))).

Orthography

Anjam is written in the Latin script.[2] The alphabet has 22 letters.[2]

[2]
Letters (uppercase)ABDEGIJKLMNÑŊOPQRSTUWY
Letters (lowercase)abdegijklmnñŋopqrstuwy
IPA/ɑ//b//d//e//g//i////k//l//m//n//ɲ//ŋ//o//p//q//r//s//t//u//w//j/

References

  1. Anjam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL International. Retrieved April 3, 2018.



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