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Amele

Amele is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Amele · 5.3°S 145.7°E

Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.

Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes, over 69,000 finite forms and 860 infinitive forms of the verb.

From Wikipedia · Amele language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Amele

MeaningWordRomanization
womancaja
persondana*
nameiyan*
eyeameg*
eardahig*
nosemede*
toothaig*
tonguebeilah*
handeban*
bloodgola7*
boneteful*
skingana7*
kneegob*
breastsu*
livergemag*
waterwa
fireya*
sun7am*
starmalagba*
stonemen*
mountainaluh*
treena*
leafbaga7*
nightwiti7*
doggba*
fishdol*
lousemi*
oneoso*
twole7is*
Iiya*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

  • BauNuclear Trans New Guinea51% alike
  • PanimNuclear Trans New Guinea41% alike
  • IsebeNuclear Trans New Guinea35% alike
  • GumaluNuclear Trans New Guinea28% alike
  • Sihan (Gum)Nuclear Trans New Guinea22% alike
  • MunitNuclear Trans New Guinea18% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

BauBilibilIsebeOgeaGumaluPanimMarikSihan (Gum)Wagi (Papua New Guinea)Mawan

Elsewhere

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