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Amele language

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Amele
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
(5,300 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aey
Glottologamel1241

Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.

Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes.[2]

References

  1. ^ Amele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ http://wals.info/chapter/59