Kamasau language

Kamasau
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
960 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kms
Glottologkama1367
ELPKamasau
Coordinates: 3°44′08″S 143°48′55″E / 3.735538°S 143.815344°E / -3.735538; 143.815344 (Kamasau)
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

Kamasau is a Torricelli language of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]

Dialects

There are three dialects:[1][2]

Ghini dialect is divergent.[citation needed] The dictionary[which?] is based on the Segi dialect of Tring.[citation needed]

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless t tʃ k ʔ
voiced b d dʒ ɡ
prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᶮdʒ ᵑg
Fricative voiceless ɸ s h
voiced β ɣ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Trill r
Approximant w j

Vowels

Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kamasau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ a b Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. p. 305. doi:10.1515/9783110295252-003. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.