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Papuan language of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.
Amele | |
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Sona | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (5,300 cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aey |
Glottolog | amel1241 |
Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes,[2] over 69,000 finite forms and 860 infinitive forms of the verb.[3]
Amele has 5 vowels: /i, ɛ, æ, u, ɔ/.[4]
Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses:[5]
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