Abelam language
Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the most prevalent of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.[3] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[1]
| Abelam | |
|---|---|
| Ambelas | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sepik River basin |
| Ethnicity | Abelam |
Native speakers | (44,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abt |
| Glottolog | ambu1247[2] |
Phonology
Ambulas consonants are:[4]
Ambulas vowels are:[5]p t k ᵐb ⁿd ᶮʤ ᵑg m n ɲ ŋ s β l r w j
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gollark: What I mean is, on *all* the ones you show, why are they not multi-floor - why is it just a single floor with some balconies above?
gollark: I mean, why is there just a 3-block solid rim round empty space?
gollark: Why the hole in the middle and not solid floor though?
gollark: I might adopt that thing of running lots of small cable holes round the edges instead of one in the middle.
gollark: Oh, I quite like that design, it's cool.
References
- Abelam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ambulas". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
- 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.
- Palmer, Bill (2017-12-04). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-029525-2.
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