| Abinomn | |
|---|---|
| Foia | |
| Baso | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Mamberamo Hulu District,Mamberamo Raya Regency,Papua |
Native speakers | 300 (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bsa |
| Glottolog | abin1243 |
| ELP | Abinomn |
TheAbinomn language (Avinomen, Foya[2]) is a likelylanguage isolate initially reported byMark Donohue fromPapua province,Indonesia. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.[1]
Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.[3]
Although surrounded byLakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain.[2] For instance, unlike the nearbyLakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language.[2]: 513 Languages adjacent to Abinomn are:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | t | k | kʷ | ||
| voiced | d | dʒ | ɡʷ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | |||
| voiced | β | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a | |
The Abinomn pronouns are:
| singular | dual | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | mit | we | mor | we | awp |
| you (nominative) | ni | you two | por | you | pi |
| he, she | in, nn | they two | nar | they | kn |
Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed inFoley (2018):[2]
| gloss | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘armband’ | atamatu | atamaturom | atamatukon |
| ‘aunt’ | nyebak | nyebakrom | nyebakaigon |
| ‘bamboo knife’ | abisiam | abissabrom | abisiasom |
| ‘barbed arrow’ | kari | karirom | karigon |
| ‘bandicoot’ | aine | ainerom | ainekon |
| ‘calf of leg’ | din | dirom | doidi |
| ‘cassowary’ | komosin | komosirom | komosidi |
| ‘catfish’ | mum | mubrum | mukr |
| ‘centipede’ | sm | sbrom | skr |
| ‘cockatoo’ | arkon | arkorom | arkoti |
| ‘comb’ | isr | isrdom | isrkon |
| ‘drum’ | itowa | itowarom | itowakon |
| ‘egg’ | ak | akrom | aigon |
| ‘father’s father’ | moi | moirom | moigon |
| ‘fireplace’ | msm | msbrom | mskr |
| ‘fishing arrow’ | den | derom | deti |
| ‘footwear’ | tefir | tefidom | tefirkon |
| ‘grasshopper’ | saseinakin | saseinakirom | saseinakidi |
| ‘hair’ | erk | erkrom | erkigon |
| ‘hand’ | akwir | akwidom | akwirkon |
| ‘headband’ | kwetam | kwetambrom | kwetakr |
| ‘house’ | pr | prdom | prkon |
| ‘jungle’ | gwek | gwekrom | gwekigon |
| ‘knife handle’ | tam | tabrom | tatom |
| ‘lake’ | kesif | kesifrom | kesifkon |
| ‘leech’ | piar | piardom | piarkom |
| ‘louse’ | jen | jendrom | jeti |
| ‘maleo fowl’ | igwuk | igwukrom | igwukigon |
| ‘night’ | siwi | siwirom | siwkon |
| ‘owl’ | weimn | weimrom | weimti |
| ‘pot’ | jek | jekrom | jekigon |
| ‘praying mantis’ | tigwere | tigwererom | tigwerekon |
| ‘prawn’ | beresmin | beresmindrom | beresmidi |
| ‘river turtle’ | fan | farom | fati |
| ‘sago pudding’ | midam | midabrom | midatom |
| ‘star’ | skin | skirom | skidi |
| ‘stone’ | wor | wordom | workon |
| ‘sunbird’ | weim | weibrom | weigr |
| ‘swamp’ | okwi | okwirom | okwigon |
| ‘thigh’ | ker | kedom | kerkon |
| ‘thorn’ | doin | doirom | doidi |
| ‘toe’ | gwesiam | gwesiabrom | gwesasom |
| ‘tree kangaroo’ | we | werom | wekon |
| ‘wallaby’ | dk | dkrom | digon |
| ‘water snake’ | moi | moirom | moigon |
| ‘younger brother’ | ai | airom | akon |