Kamasau language
Kamasau is a Torricelli language of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.[3]
| Kamasau | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 960 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kms |
| Glottolog | kama1367 |
| ELP | Kamasau[2] |
| Coordinates: 3.735538°S 143.815344°E | |
Dialects
There are three dialects:[4][3]
- Ghini dialect, spoken in Wandomi (3.868514°S 143.865581°E), Wobu (3.919328°S 143.933212°E), and Yibab (3.866041°S 143.860699°E) villages
- Hagi dialect, spoken in Kenyari village (3.761477°S 143.751797°E)
- Segi dialect, spoken in Kamasau (3.735538°S 143.815344°E), Tring (3.790725°S 143.841425°E), and Wau (3.787993°S 143.87474°E) villages
Phonology
Kamasau consonants are:[5]
t ʧ k ʔ b d ʤ ɡ ᵐb ⁿd ᶮʤ ᵑg ɸ s h β ɣ m n ɲ ŋ r w j
Kamasau vowels are:[5]
i u e ə o a
References
- Kamasau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Kamasau.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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