Mokati language

{{Short description|Tiboran language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name= Mokati

|nativename=Wanambre

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Madang Province

|speakers=590

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea?

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Croisilles

|fam4=NW Adelbert Range

|fam5=Tiboran

|iso3=wnb

|glotto=wana1269

|glottorefname=Mokati

}}

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Mokati, or Wanambre after one of the villages in which it is spoken, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite thesis |type=PhD dissertation |last=Pick |first=Andrew |date=2020 |title=A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |url=http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf}}

There are two main dialects. One is spoken in Wanambre ({{coord|-4.76412|145.340466|type:city_region:PG|name=Wanambre}}) and Mawet ({{coord|-4.748076|145.337669|type:city_region:PG|name=Mabet}}) villages, while another one is spoken in Tinami ({{coord|-4.774677|145.377246|type:city_region:PG|name=Tinami}}) and Kotakot ({{coord|-4.775134|145.378048|type:city_region:PG|name=Katekot}}) villages. Differences in vocabulary include Wanambre wena 'louse' Tinami nokalol

'louse'.

References

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{{Madang languages}}

Category:Tiboran languages

Category:Languages of Madang Province

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