Amele | |
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Sona | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (5,300 cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aey |
Glottolog | amel1241 |
Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan languageofPapua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.
Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes,[2] over 69,000 finite forms and 860 infinitive forms of the verb.[3]
Amele has only 5 vowels: /i, ɛ, æ, u, ɔ/.[4]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||
Stop | voiceless | t | k | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | d | g | |||
Fricative | f | s | ʝ | h | ||
Approximant | l |
Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses:[5]
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Northern Adelbert (Croisilles) |
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Southern Adelbert |
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Kalam |
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Mabuso |
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Mindjim |
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Rai Coast (South Madang) |
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Yaganon |
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(unclear) |
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