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.
Dove si parla
20 parole essenziali in Abau
Acqua
hu
/hu/
Fuoco
ya
/ja/
Sole
ey
/ej/
Luna
yen
/jɛn/
Madre
ipey
/ˈipej/
Padre
aio
/aˈio/
Mangiare
ra
/ɾa/
Bere
—
/—/
Amore
—
/—/
Cuore
—
/—/
Albero
nɔw
/nɔw/
Casa
a
/a/
Cane
nwoh
/nwɔh/
Gatto
—
/—/
Mano
yiha
/jiha/
Occhio
nene
/ˈnɛnɛ/
Ciao
—
/—/
Grazie
—
/—/
Uno
rin
/ɾin/
Buono
yapre
/japɾɛ/
Fonti
- 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
Parole a confronto
Confrontato con le lingue Sepik (Upper Sepik) correlate
| Significato | Abau | Kusunda | Umbro | Makasae | Frigio | Yuchi | Pyu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | hu /hu/ | tang /tɑŋ/ | utur /ˈu.tur/ | ira /ˈira/ | — /—/ | cha /tʃa/ | ʔuy /uj/ |
| Fuoco | ya /ja/ | yu /ju/ | pir /pir/ | ata /ˈata/ | — /—/ | tsoda /tsoda/ | vyaŋ /wjaŋ/ |
| Sole | ey /ej/ | nəm /nəm/ | — /—/ | watu /ˈwatu/ | — /—/ | dethla /dɛhla/ | ño /ɲo/ |
| Luna | yen /jɛn/ | pom /pom/ | — /—/ | uru /ˈuru/ | masê /maˈseː/ | zethla /zɛhla/ | hla /hla/ |
| Madre | ipey /ˈipej/ | — /—/ | matrer /ˈma.trer/ | ina /ˈina/ | mater /ˈmater/ | ahnʌh /ahnʌh/ | na /na/ |
| Padre | aio /aˈio/ | ama /ama/ | patre /ˈpa.tre/ | baba /ˈbaba/ | atas /aˈtas/ | — /—/ | paʔ /paʔ/ |
| Mangiare | ra /ɾa/ | təim /təim/ | — /—/ | nawa /ˈnawa/ | — /—/ | gʌ /ɡʌ/ | cyaʔ /tɕaʔ/ |
| Bere | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | gehe /ˈɡɛhɛ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Amore | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Cuore | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Albero | nɔw /nɔw/ | cigi /t͡siɡi/ | — /—/ | ate /ˈate/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | siŋ /siŋ/ |
| Casa | a /a/ | gepa /ɡepa/ | — /—/ | oma /ˈoma/ | — /—/ | tsotʔa /tsotʔa/ | vaiŋ /waiŋ/ |
| Cane | nwoh /nwɔh/ | agəi /aɡəi/ | — /—/ | defa /ˈdɛfa/ | kan /kan/ | shtsé /ʃtsɛ/ | kwiy /kwij/ |
| Gatto | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Mano | yiha /jiha/ | gisi /ɡisi/ | manuv-e /ma.ˈnu.we/ | tana /ˈtana/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | lak /lak/ |
| Occhio | nene /ˈnɛnɛ/ | gam /ɡam/ | — /—/ | nana /ˈnana/ | — /—/ | shela /ʃela/ | mik /mik/ |
| Ciao | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Grazie | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Uno | rin /ɾin/ | nu /nu/ | unu /ˈu.nu/ | u /ʔu/ | — /—/ | hahgo /hahɡo/ | te /te/ |
| Buono | yapre /japɾɛ/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | rau /rau/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
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