Amanab language

Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District (3.583417°S 141.214903°E / -3.583417; 141.214903 (Amanab District H/Q)), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

For the local-level government in Papua New Guinea, see Amanab Rural LLG.
Amanab
RegionAmanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
4,400 (2003)[1]
Border
  • Bewani Range
    • Bapi River
      • Amanab
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3amn
Glottologaman1265
ELPAmanab[2]
Coordinates: 3.583417°S 141.214903°E / -3.583417; 141.214903 (Amanab District H/Q))

Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.[3]

Phonology

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Low ɑ

Consonants
LabialCoronalDorsal
Nasal mn
Plosive prenasalized ᵐbⁿdᵑɡ
voiceless ptk
Fricative ɸsh
voiced ɣ
Approximant/Flap wl~ɾj

Pronouns

The Amanab pronouns are:[4]

singulardualplural
1incl bi-ningribi-ger
1excl kaka-ningrika-ger
2 nene-ningrine-nger
3 eheehe-ningriehe-nger

Syntax

In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -ba.[4]

References
  1. Amanab at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Amanab.
  3. Steer, Martin (2005). Languages of the Upper Sepik and Central New Guinea (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University.
  4. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  • 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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