Gants language
Gants, or in native orthography Gaj, is a Madang language of Papua New Guinea.
| Gants | |
|---|---|
| Gaj | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (1,900 cited 1981)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gao |
| Glottolog | gant1244[2] |
Classification
Daniels (2017) classifies Gants as an East Sogeram language, with Kursav as its closest relative.[3] Usher had placed Gants with the Kalam languages, and as of 2018 had not evaluated Daniels' work. Both Sogeram and Kalam are branches of the Madang family.
Pronouns
Gants pronouns may be compared with those of other Madang languages:[3]
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ya | a-yu |
| 2 | na | na-yu |
| 3 | nu | ni-(y)u |
The roots ya, na, nu, a-, na-, n(i)- correspond to proto-Sogeram *ya, *na, *nu/*nɨ, *a-, *na-, *nɨ-.
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References
- Gants at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gants". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Daniels, Don. 2017. Gants is a Sogeram Language. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 82-93.
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