Mali language

Mali or Gaktai is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Dialects

There are two dialects of Mali:

Arongda dialect (standard dialect; with two groups), spoken in the mountains, including in Marunga village (4°58′13″S 152°02′37″E / 4.970382°S 152.043503°E / -4.970382; 152.043503 (Marunga Village)) in Sinivit Rural LLG, East New Britain Province
Abilta dialect, spoken along the coast

The phonology of the Mali language:

Mali makes use of noun classes. Below are some Mali noun class paradigms, using the noun root amēng ‘tree’ as an example:

Stebbins, Tonya N. (2011). Mali (Baining) grammar. ANU, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. p. 415. ISBN 9780858836297.
Stebbins, Tonya N.; Tayul, Julius (2012). Mali (Baining) dictionary: Mali-Baining Amēthamon Angētha Thēvaik. Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia. Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics. p. 455. hdl:1885/9273. ISBN 9781922185006.