Walman language

{{Short description|Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Valman, Iran}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Walman

|nativename=Koroko

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sandaun Province

|speakers={{sigfig|1740|2}}

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Torricelli

|fam2=Wapei

|iso3=van

|glotto=valm1241

|glottorefname=Walman

}}

Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns (as in "John and Mary") is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.Brown, Lea, and Matthew S. Dryer (2008) The verbs for 'and' in Walman, a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Language 84 (3), 528–565.