The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya
) is a likely
language isolate
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initially reported by
Mark Donohue
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from
Papua province
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,
Indonesia
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. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.
Classification
Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.
Abinomn
New Guinea World
Neighboring languages
Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain.
Phonology
:
Pronouns
The Abinomn pronouns are:
:
Number inflection
Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018):
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Abinomn
OLAC resources in and about the Abinomn language
{{language families
Language isolates of New Guinea
Papuan languages
Languages of Western New Guinea