Amanab language

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.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Pronouns

The Amanab pronouns are:

Syntax

In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -ba.

References

  • 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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