Petats language
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Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea
Petats | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Buka Island |
Native speakers | (2,000 cited 1975)[1] 8,000 L2 speakers (1977) |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pex |
Glottolog | peta1245 |
Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.
Grammar[]
Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking. [2]
Resources[]
- Global Recordings Network Petats
- Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. Petats Phonemes and Orthography
- Petats Organised Phonology Data
- Materials on Petats are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) and the Malcolm Ross collection (MR1) held by Paradisec.
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