Amaimon language

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Amaimon
Mabulap
Region Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,800 (2003) [1]
Madang
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ali
Glottolog amai1246
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Amaimon is a Papuan language spoken by 1,781 people (as of 2003) in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Amaimon ( 5°07′06″S145°24′33″E / 5.118286°S 145.409198°E / -5.118286; 145.409198 (Amaimon) ), Transgogol Rural LLG. [2] [3]

Writing system

A aB bD dE eG gI iJ jK kL lM mN n
/ɑ//b//d//e//ɡ//i//dz//k//l//m//n/
Ng ng O oP pR rS sT tU uW wY yZ z
/ɲ//o//p//ɾ//s//t//u//w//j//z/

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References

  1. Amaimon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.