Abelam language

Abelam
Abelam
Ambelas
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sepik River basin
Ethnicity	Abelam
Native speakers	(44,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Ndu Abelam; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abt
Glottolog	ambu1247
ELP	Ambulas

Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the most prevalent of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[1]

Phonology

Ambulas consonants are:[3]

p	t		k
ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮʤ	ᵑg
m	n	ɲ	ŋ
	s
β
	l
	r
w		j

Ambulas vowels are:[4]

(i)	ɨ	(u)
	ə
	a

[i, u] may be heard as a realization of the sequences /əj/, /əw/ or resulting in syllabic forms of /j, w/.

References

Abelam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
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.
Palmer, Bill (2017-12-04). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-029525-2.

External links

OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language

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[e18-1] Abelam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language

[Foley-Sepik-3] 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.

[4] Palmer, Bill (2017-12-04). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-029525-2.