Marangis language
{{Short description|Language in the Ramu family}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Marangis
|nativename=Watam
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=Madang Province, East Sepik Province
|speakers=590
|date=2003
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1 = Ramu
|fam2 = Ramu proper
|fam3 = Lower Ramu
|fam4=Ottilien
|fam5=Watam
|iso3=wax
|glotto=wata1253
|glottorefname=Watam
}}
{{GeoGroup}}
Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
It is spoken in the two villages of:{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}
- Watam village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province ({{coord|-3.906592|144.545246|type:city_region:PG|name=Watam}})
- Marangis village, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province ({{coord|-4.014075|144.605629|type:city_region:PG|name=Marangis}})
Pronouns
The pronominal system of Watam has a four-way distinction, with there being a paucal ("a few", "more than two") number for pronouns in addition to singular, dual, and plural.
:
| {{table}}
! person !! singular !! dual !! paucal !! plural |
| 1st
| yak || aŋga || apak || ae |
|---|
| 2nd
| u || noŋgo || niŋga || ne |
| 3rd
| ma || miŋga || miŋga || min |
Nouns
Verbs
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}}