Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of
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 ...
. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade
pidgin.
It is spoken in villages such as Iniok () in
Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG
Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG (often spelled locally as Tunap/Hustein) is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is home to speakers of many different Left May languages and Sepik languages.
Wards
*01. Hotmin ...
of
East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
History
Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier b ...
.
Phonology
Pronouns
Sepik Iwam pronouns:
:
Grammar
Sepik Iwam subject agreement suffixes are:
:
The structure of this subject agreement paradigm can be traced back to Proto-Sepik, although the morphemes themselves do not seem to be directly related to the reconstructed Proto-Sepik forms. (See also ''
Sepik languages#Gender''.)
References
Further reading
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{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Iwam languages
Languages of East Sepik Province