Amanab is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...

spoken by 4,400 people in

Amanab District Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District (), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua Ne ...

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Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...

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 ...

. Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Pronouns

The Amanab pronouns are: :

Syntax

In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -''ba''.

References

* {{Border languages (New Guinea) Border languages (New Guinea) Languages of Sandaun Province