Golin (also Gollum, Gumine) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
[3] Two consonants appear to allow free variation in their realisations: [s] varies with [ʃ], and [l] with [ɬ].
Golin is a tonal language, distinguishing high ([˧˥]), mid ([˨˧]), and low ([˨˩]) tone.
Examples:[3] Golin is notable for having a small pronominal paradigm.
Third person pronouns in Golin are in fact compounds derived from 'man' plus inín 'self':