Abelam language
(Redirected from Ambulas language)
| Abelam | |
|---|---|
| Ambelas | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sepik River basin |
| Ethnicity | Abelam |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2004)[1] |
Sepik
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abt |
| Glottolog | ambu1247 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the third and most prevalent of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[1]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t | k | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮdʒ | ᵑg | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | β | s | |||
| Liquid | lateral | l | |||
| rhotic | r | ||||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | (i) | ɨ | (u) |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Low | a |
[i, u] may be heard as a realization of the sequences /əj/, /əw/ or resulting in syllabic forms of /j, w/.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Abelam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
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External links
[edit | edit source]- OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
- Anthony Forge Films and Recordings From the Anthony Forge Papers. MSS 411. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.