Abelam language

Abelam
Abelam
Ambelas
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sepik River basin
Ethnicity	Abelam
Native speakers	(44,000 cited 1991)
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
ə
a

References

^ ^a ^b Abelam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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. Vol. 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) (subscription required)

[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. Vol. 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.

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