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 N ...
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Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, 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 capita ...
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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 ...
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Dialects are Eastern, Northern, and Western.
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Pronouns
The Amanab pronouns are:
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Syntax
In Amanab, subordinate clauses are linked using the topic marker suffix -''ba''.
References
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{{Border languages (New Guinea)
Border languages (New Guinea)
Languages of Sandaun Province