Petats language
Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.
Grammar
Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking.
References
Resources
- Global Recordings Network Petats
- Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. Petats Phonemes and Orthography
- Petats Organised Phonology Data
- Materials on Petats are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) and the Malcolm Ross collection (MR1) held by Paradisec.