| Amele | |
|---|---|
| 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 (Amele:Sona) is aPapuan language ofPapua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.
Amele is notable for having 32possessive 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]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Stop | voiceless | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Fricative | f | s | ʝ | h | ||
| Approximant | l | |||||
Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses:[5]
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