Amele language

Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.

Amele
Sona
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(5,300 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aey
Glottologamel1241

Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes.[2]

Phonology

Amele has only 5 vowels: /i, ɛ, æ, u, ɔ/.[3]

Consonants
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless t k ʔ
voiced b d g
Fricative f s ʝ h
Nasal m n
Approximant l

Grammar

Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses:[4]

  • past habitual
  • remote past
  • yesterday’s past
  • today’s past
  • plus present
  • future
  • relative future

References

  1. Amele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. http://wals.info/chapter/59
  3. Roberts, John R. (1987). Amele. London: Croom Helm. ISBN 0709942540. OCLC 14132880.
  4. Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.


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