The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya) is a likely language isolate initially reported by Mark Donohue from

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. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.

Classification

Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.Abinomn
New Guinea World

Neighboring languages

Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain. For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non- tonal language. Languages adjacent to Abinomn are: * Papasena (west) * Diebroud (south; across the Taritatu River) * Foau (east) * Berik (north)

Phonology

Pronouns

The Abinomn pronouns are: :

Number inflection

Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018): :

References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Abinomn

OLAC resources in and about the Abinomn language
{{language families Language isolates of New Guinea Papuan languages Languages of western New Guinea