Berik bụ Papua Asụsụ Papua a na-asụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Papua. Ndị [1]-ekwu okwu nọ n'ime obodo anọ dị n'Osimiri Tor n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri ugwu nke Irian Jaya Ndị Indonesia na-achịkwa.

Berik
Spoken in: Indonesia 
Region: Tor Atas district, Sarmi Regency
Total speakers: 1,200
Language family: Foja Range (Tor–Kwerba)
 Orya–Tor
  Tor
   Berik–Bonerif
    BerikTempleeti:Infobox Language/script
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: bkl

Onye ọkà mmụta asụsụ [2] bụ John McWhorter kwuru Berik dị ka ihe atụ nke asụsụ nke na-etinye echiche "n'otu n'otu n"ụzọ dị iche iche karịa Bekee karịa ka ọtụtụ n'ime anyị maara". [3]'ịkọwa nke a, na ahịrịokwu Kitabana (nke pụtara "[ọ] na-enye nwoke ihe atọ buru ibu n'ìhè anyanwụ"), a na-agbakwunye ihe ngosi na-egosi oge nke ụbọchị, nọmba ihe, nha ihe, na okike nke onye nnata na ngwaa ahụ. [2] [4]

Ebe ndị a na-anọ

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Na Tor Atas District, a na-asụ Berik n'obodo Beu, Bora Bora, Dangken, Doronta, Kondirjan, Safrontani, Sewan, Somanente, Taminambor, Tenwer, Togonfo, na Waf.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

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Mkpụrụ okwu

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Akpụkpọ ahụ Alveolar (Alveolo-) ire ụtọ
Velar
Ụgbọ imi m [m] n [n] ng [ŋ]
Plosive &affricate
Afrịka
enweghị olu p [p] t [t] k [k]
kwuru okwu b [b] d [d] j [nke a na-akpọ][__ibo____ibo____ibo__ Nke a bụ:] [ɡọ] [ɡ]
Ihe na-esiri ike f [f] s [s]
Ihe atụ l [l] na [j] w [w]
Tap r [ɾ]

Mkpụrụedemede

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Berik nwere usoro ụdaume isii (/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, na /u/ gbakwunyere /ə/). [5]

N'ihu Central Ịlaghachi azụ
N'akụkụ m [i] u [u]
N'etiti [na] [e] ə [ə] [o] ọ bụ
Emeghe a [a]

Ihe Nlereanya

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  • Angtane' bosna Usafe je gatas tarnap ge nuin. Tesa ga belim taban, ga jes talebowel.
  • [6]"E nwere otu onye aha ya bụ Usafe onye bi nso n'ọhịa Sagọ. Mgbe ọ bụla o gburu osisi sago, ọ na-akụ ya".

Ihe edeturu

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  1. Matthews, "Berik Literacy Program", p. 109
  2. 2.0 2.1 McWhorter, "No Tears for Dead Tongues"
  3. John McWhorter,"No Tears For Dead Tongues", Forbes,2/21/2008 @ 6:00PM.
  4. "Difficult languages--Tongue twisters--In search of the world’s hardest language", Economist, New York,Dec 17th 2009.
  5. Westrum, "A Grammatical Sketch of Berik," p. 137
  6. Taken from Jones, "In Pursuit of Discourse Particles", p. 130

Edensibia

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 buru ibu n'ìhè anyanwụ"), a na-agbakwunye ihe ngosi na-egosi oge nke ụbọchị, nọmba ihe, nha ihe, na okike nke onye nnata na