Abelam language

Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the third and 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]

Abelam
Ambelas
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sepik River basin
Ethnicity	Abelam
Native speakers	33,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Ndu Abelam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abt
Glottolog	ambu1247
ELP	Ambulas

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive/ Affricate	plain	p	t		k
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮdʒ	ᵑg
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		β	s
Liquid	lateral		l
	rhotic		r
Semivowel		w		j

Vowels^[4]

	Front	Central	Back
High	(i)	ɨ	(u)
Mid		ə
Low		a

[i, u] may be heard as a realization of the sequences /əj/, /əw/ or resulting in syllabic forms of /j, w/.