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Amal language
Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Amal |
| region | Sandaun Province and East Sepik Province |
| speakers | 830 |
| date | 2003 |
| ref | e25 |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Sepik |
| fam2 | Upper Sepik |
| fam3 | Amal–Kalou |
| iso3 | aad |
| glotto | amal1242 |
| glottorefname | Amal |
Amal is a language spoken along the border of Sandaun Province and East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, along the Wagana River near the confluence with Wanibe Creek. Foley (2018) classifies Amal as a primary branch of the Sepik languages, though it is quite close to Kalou.
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
:{| |+ Amal pronouns ! !! sg !! pl |- ! 1 | ŋan || nut |- ! 2 | in || kun |- ! 3 | may || ilum |}
Cognates
Amal cognates with Sepik languages are:
- tal ‘woman’
- yan ‘child’
- lal ‘tongue’
- mi ‘breast’
- waplo ‘liver’
- nip ‘blood’
- yen ‘egg’
- ak ‘house’
Foley (2018) notes that there appears to be somewhat more lexical similarities between Amal and the Tama languages, but does not consider them to form a group with each other.
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words of Amal are from Laycock (1968), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
:{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Amal |- ! head
| makələ |
|---|
| ! ear |
| marj |
| - |
| ! eye |
| nai |
| - |
| ! nose |
| yimeʔ |
| - |
| ! tooth |
| pu |
| - |
| ! tongue |
| lal |
| - |
| ! leg |
| lü |
| - |
| ! louse |
| ŋin |
| - |
| ! dog |
| wun |
| - |
| ! bird |
| yok |
| - |
| ! egg |
| yen |
| - |
| ! blood |
| niːp |
| - |
| ! bone |
| nəŋolak |
| - |
| ! skin |
| puːk |
| - |
| ! breast |
| m |
| - |
| ! tree |
| piːt |
| - |
| ! man |
| wul |
| - |
| ! woman |
| tal |
| - |
| ! sun |
| mwak |
| - |
| ! moon |
| yimal |
| - |
| ! water |
| iːp |
| - |
| ! fire |
| waː |
| - |
| ! stone |
| tipal |
| - |
| ! two |
| kila |
| } |
References
References
- Foley, William A.. (2018). "The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide". De Gruyter Mouton.
- [[Donald Laycock. Laycock, Donald C.]] 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. ''[[Oceanic Linguistics]]'', 7 (1): 36-66.
- Greenhill, Simon. (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea".
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