Kamasau language

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Kamasau
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Native speakers
960 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kms
Glottolog kama1367
ELP Kamasau
Coordinates: 3°44′08″S143°48′55″E / 3.735538°S 143.815344°E / -3.735538; 143.815344 (Kamasau)
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Kamasau is a Torricelli language of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. [2]

Contents

Dialects

There are three dialects: [1] [2]

Ghini dialect is divergent. The dictionary is based on the Segi dialect of Tring.

Phonology

Consonants

Kamasau consonants are: [3]

tʧkʔ
bdʤɡ
ᵐbⁿdᶮʤᵑg
ɸsh
βɣ
mnɲŋ
r
wj

Vowels

Kamasau vowels are: [3]

iu
eəo
a

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References

  1. 1 2 Kamasau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. 1 2 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.