Walman language

Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns (as in "John and Mary") is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.[3]

Walman
Koroko
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
1,700 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3van
Glottologvalm1241
ELPWalman[2]

References

  1. Walman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Walman.
  3. Brown, Lea, and Matthew S. Dryer (2008) The verbs for 'and' in Walman, a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Language 84 (3), 528–565.
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