Amal
RegionSandaun Province and East Sepik Province
Native speakers
830 (2003)[1]
Sepik
Language codes
ISO 639-3aad
Glottologamal1242
ELPAmal

Amal is a language spoken along the border of Sandaun Province and East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, along the Wagana River near the confluence with Wanibe Creek.[1] Foley (2018) classifies Amal as a primary branch of the Sepik languages, though it is quite close to Kalou.

Pronouns

Pronouns are:[2]

Amal pronouns
sg pl
1 ŋan nut
2 in kun
3 may ilum

Cognates

Amal cognates with Sepik languages are:[2]

Foley (2018) notes that there appears to be somewhat more lexical similarities between Amal and the Tama languages, but does not consider them to form a group with each other.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary words of Amal are from Laycock (1968),[3] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[4]

gloss Amal
head makələ
ear marj
eye nai
nose yimeʔ
tooth pu
tongue lal
leg lü
louse ŋin
dog wun
bird yok
egg yen
blood niːp
bone nəŋolak
skin puːk
breast m
tree piːt
man wul
woman tal
sun mwak
moon yimal
water iːp
fire waː
stone tipal
two kila

References

  1. ^ a b Amal at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66.
  4. ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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