Uhunduni, also known as Damal (''Damal-kal'') and Amung (''Amung-kal'') after two of its dialects, is the language of the

Amung people The Amung (also known as Amungme, Amungm, Amui, Amuy, Hamung or Uhunduni) people are a group of about 17,700 people living in the highlands of the Central Papua province of Indonesia. Most Amungme live in Mimika and Puncak, in valleys like Noema, ...

and Damal people. It is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). However, it is treated as an isolate by Palmer (2018). Dialects are Amongme, Amung, Damal, Enggipilu.

Classification

Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for Uhunduni to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblances between Uhunduni and proto-Trans-New Guinea. *''no''- ‘eat’ < *na- *''mo''- come’ < *me- *''mini''- ‘sit’ < *mVna- *''eme''- ‘give’ < *mV-

Pronouns

Ross (2005) lists the pronouns as: : ''Iru'' is an inclusive dual.

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary words of Damal (Uhunduni) are from the Trans-New Guinea database, citing Voorhoeve (1975).Voorhoeve, C.L. 1975. ''Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. :

Literature

The New Testament in Damal was published in 1988. *Damal people and CMA. 1988. ''Haik-A Ongam Kal: Perjanjian Baru Dalam Bahasa Damal aik-A Ongam Kal: The New Testament in Damal'. Jakarta: Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia.

References

{{Papuan languages Amung–Dem languages Languages of western New Guinea