Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the most prevalent of the
Ndu languages
The Ndu languages are the best known family of the Sepik languages of East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea. ''Ndu'' is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group. The languages were first identified as a related famil ...
of
Sepik River
The Sepik () is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the second largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly River. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Se ...
region of northern
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
/ref> Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[
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Phonology
, umay be heard as a realization of the sequences /əj/, /əw/ or resulting in syllabic forms of /j, w/.
References
External links
OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas languageAnthony Forge Films and Recordings
From the Anthony Forge Papers. MSS 411. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Languages of East Sepik Province
Ndu languages
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