Abom language

Abom
Abom
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	15 (2002)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Abom;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aob
Glottolog	abom1238
ELP	Abom
	Map: The Abom language of New Guinea The Abom language (located bottom center, to the west of the gulf) Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited

Abom is a nearly extinct language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. According to a 2002 census, only 15 people still speak this language. All of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.

Abom is spoken in Lewada (

8°20′07″S 142°46′50″E / 8.335225°S 142.780449°E), Mutam (8°25′30″S 142°55′49″E / 8.424996°S 142.930364°E), and Tewara (8°22′27″S 142°27′23″E / 8.374194°S 142.45638°E) villages of Gogodala Rural LLG.^[2]^[3]

Classification[]

Abom is not close to other languages. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) classify Abom as a divergent Tirio language on the basis of morphological evidence; Abom shares the same gender ablaut pattern as other Tirio languages.^[4] Evans (2018), however, lists Abom as a separate branch of Trans-New Guinea.^[5] Suter & Usher find that it is not an Anim language (the Trans–New Guinea family that includes the Tirio languages), but does appear to be divergent Trans–New Guinea.^[6] Part of the problem is many recorded Abom words are loans from the Inland Gulf languages, reducing the material needed for comparison.

References[]

^ Abom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
^ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
^ Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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Bibliography[]

"Sociolinguistic survey of the Tirio language family", Tim Jore and Laura Aleman. Unpublished Manuscript.
"Endangered languages listing: ABOM [aob]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2014-05-06.

External links[]

Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Abom
OLAC resources in and about the Abom language
ELAR collection: Documentation and description of Bitur and preliminary investigation of the moribund Abom language deposited by Phillip Rogers

[e18-1] Abom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Ethnologue22-PNG-2] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

[UN-PNG-3] United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

[Pawley-TNG-4] Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

[Evans-Southern-5] Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

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