Abelam language

{{Infobox language

|name=Abelam

|nativename=Ambelas

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sepik River basin

|ethnicity=Abelam

|speakers=33,000

|date=2004

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Sepik

|fam2=Middle Sepik

|fam3=Ndu

|iso3=abt

|glotto=ambu1247

|glottorefname=Ambulas

}}

Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the third and most prevalent of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.[http://www.language-archives.org/language/abt OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.

Phonology

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Consonants{{cite book \|last=Foley \|first=William A. \|authorlink=William A. Foley \|editor1-last=Palmer \|editor1-first=Bill \|date=2018 \|title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide \|chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs \|series= The World of Linguistics \|volume=4 \|location=Berlin \|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton \|pages=197–432 \|isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}} ! colspan="2" \| ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar
rowspan="2" \| Plosive/ Affricate ! {{small\|plain}} \| {{IPA link\|p}} \| {{IPA link\|t}} \| \| {{IPA link\|k}}
{{small\|prenasal}} \| {{IPA link\|ᵐb}} \| {{IPA link\|ⁿd}} \| {{IPA link\|ᶮdʒ}} \| {{IPA link\|ᵑg}}
colspan="2" \| Nasal \| {{IPA link\|m}} \| {{IPA link\|n}} \| {{IPA link\|ɲ}} \| {{IPA link\|ŋ}}
colspan="2" \| Fricative \| {{IPA link\|β}} \| {{IPA link\|s}} \| \|
rowspan="2" \| Liquid ! {{small\|lateral}} \| \| {{IPA link\|l}} \| \|
{{small\|rhotic}} \| \| {{IPA link\|r}} \| \|
colspan="2" \| Semivowel \| {{IPA link\|w}} \| \| {{IPA link\|j}} \|

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|+ Consonants{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |authorlink=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197–432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}

! colspan="2" |

! Labial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

rowspan="2" | Plosive/
Affricate

! {{small|plain}}

| {{IPA link|p}}

| {{IPA link|t}}

| {{IPA link|k}}

| {{IPA link|ᵐb}}

| {{IPA link|ⁿd}}

| {{IPA link|ᶮdʒ}}

| {{IPA link|ᵑg}}

colspan="2" | Nasal

| {{IPA link|m}}

| {{IPA link|n}}

| {{IPA link|ɲ}}

| {{IPA link|ŋ}}

colspan="2" | Fricative

| {{IPA link|β}}

| {{IPA link|s}}

rowspan="2" | Liquid

! {{small|lateral}}

| {{IPA link|l}}

| {{IPA link|r}}

colspan="2" | Semivowel

| {{IPA link|w}}

| {{IPA link|j}}

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|+ Vowels{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2VCDwAAQBAJ&q=ambulas+language+vowel+phonemes&pg=PA245|title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide|last=Palmer|first=Bill|date=2017-12-04|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=978-3-11-029525-2|language=en}}

|Front

|Central

|Back

High

| ({{IPA link|i}})

| {{IPA link|ɨ}}

| ({{IPA link|u}})

Mid

| {{IPA link|ə}}

Low

| {{IPA link|a}}

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

References

External links

[http://www.language-archives.org/language/abt OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language]
[https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb84356520 Anthony Forge Films and Recordings] From the Anthony Forge Papers. MSS 411. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province

Category:Ndu languages