| Abelam | |
|---|---|
| Ambelas | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sepik River basin |
| Ethnicity | Abelam |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2004)[1] |
Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abt |
| Glottolog | ambu1247 |
| ELP | Ambulas |
Abelam (orAmbulas,Abulas) is the third and most prevalent of theNdu languages ofSepik River region of northernPapua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[1]
| 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 | |||
| 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/.
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