Amanab language

Amanab
Region Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
4,400 (2003)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 amn
Glottolog aman1265[2]

Amanab is a Papuan language spoken by 4,400 people in Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Low ɑ

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop Voiceless p t k
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Nasal m n
Fricative Voiceless ɸ s h
Voiced ɣ
Flap/Lateral ɾ~l
Approximant w j

References

  1. Amanab at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Amanab". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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