Golin (also Gollum, Gumine) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

Diphthongs that occur are. The consonants can also be syllabic.

Consonant

are treated as single consonants by Bunn & Bunn (1970), but as combinations of +, + by Evans et al. (2005). Two consonants appear to allow free variation in their realisations: varies with, and with. assimilates to before and.

Tone

Golin is a tonal language, distinguishing high ([˧˥]), mid ([˨˧]), and low ([˨˩]) tone. The high tone is marked by an acute accent and the low tone by a grave accent, while the mid tone is left unmarked. Examples:

Pronouns

Golin is notable for having a small pronominal paradigm. There are two basic pronouns: There is no number distinction and no true third person pronoun. Third person pronouns in Golin are in fact compounds derived from 'man' plus inín 'self':