Abinomn language

The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya) is a likely language isolate initially reported by Mark Donohue from Papua province, Indonesia. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.

Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.

Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain. For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language. Languages adjacent to Abinomn are:

• Papasena (west)
• Diebroud (south; across the Taritatu River)
• Foau (east)
• Berik (north)

The Abinomn pronouns are:

Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018):

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Abinomn
• OLAC resources in and about the Abinomn language