Amanab language
Language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Amanab | |
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Region | Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 4,400 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Border
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Writing system | Latin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | amn |
Glottolog | aman1265 |
ELP | Amanab |
Coordinates: 3°35′00″S 141°12′54″E / 3.583417°S 141.214903°E / -3.583417; 141.214903 (Amanab District H/Q)) | |
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Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District (3°35′00″S 141°12′54″E / 3.583417°S 141.214903°E / -3.583417; 141.214903 (Amanab District H/Q)), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
Low | ɑ |
Consonants
Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ||
Plosive | prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ |
voiceless | p | t | k | |
Fricative | ɸ | s | h | |
voiced | ɣ | |||
Approximant/Flap | w | l~ɾ | j |
Pronouns
The Amanab pronouns are:[3]
singular | dual | plural | ||
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1st person | exclusive | ka | ka-ningri | ka-ger |
inclusive | bi-ningri | bi-ger | ||
2nd person | ne | ne-ningri | ne-nger | |
3rd person | ehe | ehe-ningri | ehe-nger |
Syntax
In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -ba.[3]
References
- ^ Amanab at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Steer, Martin (2005). Languages of the Upper Sepik and Central New Guinea (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University.
- ^ a b Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Minch, Andrew (1992). "Amanab grammar essentials". In John R. Roberts (ed.). Namia and Amanab grammar essentials. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 39. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 99–173.
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