Amele (Amele: ''Sona'') is a
Papuan language
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of
Papua New Guinea
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. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija.
Amele is notable for having 32
possessive
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classes, over 69,000 finite forms and 860 infinitive forms of the verb.
Phonology
Amele has 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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