Abau
Sepik (Upper Sepik)
Abau is a Papuan language of the Upper Sepik subgroup of the Sepik family, spoken by about 7,500 people along the Sepik River in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, near the Indonesian border. Notable for having the simplest phonemic inventory of any Sepik language and for a robustly documented system of whistled speech used over long distances. It has an eight-class noun gender system with elaborate kinship vocabulary distinguishing terms used by male and female speakers.
Wo es gesprochen wird
20 Kernwörter in Abau
Wasser
hu
/hu/
Feuer
ya
/ja/
Sonne
ey
/ej/
Mond
yen
/jɛn/
Mutter
ipey
/ˈipej/
Vater
aio
/aˈio/
Essen
ra
/ɾa/
Trinken
—
/—/
Liebe
—
/—/
Herz
—
/—/
Baum
nɔw
/nɔw/
Haus
a
/a/
Hund
nwoh
/nwɔh/
Katze
—
/—/
Hand
yiha
/jiha/
Auge
nene
/ˈnɛnɛ/
Hallo
—
/—/
Danke
—
/—/
Eins
rin
/ɾin/
Gut
yapre
/japɾɛ/
Quellen
- Bailey, D. A. (1975) A Phonological Description of Abau. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages 13, SIL.
- Lock, A. H. (2011) Abau Grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages 57. SIL-PNG.
- Laycock, D. C. (1968) Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics 7(1): 36-66.
- Foley, W. A. (2005) Linguistic prehistory in the Sepik-Ramu basin.
- Glottolog: Abau
Wörter im Vergleich
Verglichen mit verwandten Sepik (Upper Sepik)-Sprachen
| Bedeutung | Abau | Kusunda | Umbrisch | Makasae | Phrygisch | Yuchi | Pyu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasser | hu /hu/ | tang /tɑŋ/ | utur /ˈu.tur/ | ira /ˈira/ | — /—/ | cha /tʃa/ | ʔuy /uj/ |
| Feuer | ya /ja/ | yu /ju/ | pir /pir/ | ata /ˈata/ | — /—/ | tsoda /tsoda/ | vyaŋ /wjaŋ/ |
| Sonne | ey /ej/ | nəm /nəm/ | — /—/ | watu /ˈwatu/ | — /—/ | dethla /dɛhla/ | ño /ɲo/ |
| Mond | yen /jɛn/ | pom /pom/ | — /—/ | uru /ˈuru/ | masê /maˈseː/ | zethla /zɛhla/ | hla /hla/ |
| Mutter | ipey /ˈipej/ | — /—/ | matrer /ˈma.trer/ | ina /ˈina/ | mater /ˈmater/ | ahnʌh /ahnʌh/ | na /na/ |
| Vater | aio /aˈio/ | ama /ama/ | patre /ˈpa.tre/ | baba /ˈbaba/ | atas /aˈtas/ | — /—/ | paʔ /paʔ/ |
| Essen | ra /ɾa/ | təim /təim/ | — /—/ | nawa /ˈnawa/ | — /—/ | gʌ /ɡʌ/ | cyaʔ /tɕaʔ/ |
| Trinken | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | gehe /ˈɡɛhɛ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Liebe | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Herz | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Baum | nɔw /nɔw/ | cigi /t͡siɡi/ | — /—/ | ate /ˈate/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | siŋ /siŋ/ |
| Haus | a /a/ | gepa /ɡepa/ | — /—/ | oma /ˈoma/ | — /—/ | tsotʔa /tsotʔa/ | vaiŋ /waiŋ/ |
| Hund | nwoh /nwɔh/ | agəi /aɡəi/ | — /—/ | defa /ˈdɛfa/ | kan /kan/ | shtsé /ʃtsɛ/ | kwiy /kwij/ |
| Katze | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Hand | yiha /jiha/ | gisi /ɡisi/ | manuv-e /ma.ˈnu.we/ | tana /ˈtana/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | lak /lak/ |
| Auge | nene /ˈnɛnɛ/ | gam /ɡam/ | — /—/ | nana /ˈnana/ | — /—/ | shela /ʃela/ | mik /mik/ |
| Hallo | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Danke | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Eins | rin /ɾin/ | nu /nu/ | unu /ˈu.nu/ | u /ʔu/ | — /—/ | hahgo /hahɡo/ | te /te/ |
| Gut | yapre /japɾɛ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | rau /rau/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
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