Amanab language
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| Amanab | |
|---|---|
| Region | Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 4,400 (2003)[1] |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | amn |
| Glottolog | aman1265 |
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Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Low | ɑ | |
Consonants
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]The Amanab pronouns are:[3]
| singular | dual | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -ba.[3]
References
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