Amele (Amele: ''Sona'') is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.
Amele is notable for having 32
possessive classes.
Phonology
Amele has only 5 vowels: /i, ɛ, æ, u, ɔ/.
Grammar
Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses:
*past habitual
*remote past
*yesterday’s past
*today’s past
*plus present
*future
*relative future
References
External links
Alphabet and pronunciation
Gum languages
Languages of Madang Province
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