Amanab language

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Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.[1]

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
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Consonants

Labial Coronal Dorsal
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Pronouns

The Amanab pronouns are:[2]

singular dual plural
1st person exclusive ka ka-ningri ka-ger
inclusive bi-ningri bi-ger
2nd person ne ne-ningri ne-nger
3rd person ehe ehe-ningri ehe-nger

Syntax

In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -ba.[2]

References

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