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Abelam (or Ambulas, Abulas) is the most prevalent of the Ndu languages of Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.[1]

Abelam
Ambelas
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sepik River basin
Ethnicity	Abelam
Native speakers	(44,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Ndu Abelam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abt`
Glottolog	`ambu1247`
ELP	Ambulas

Phonology

Consonants[3]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive/ Affricate	plain	p	t		k
Plosive/ Affricate	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮʤ	ᵑg
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		β	s
Liquid	lateral		l
Liquid	rhotic		r
Semivowel		w		j

Vowels[4]
(i)	ɨ	(u)
	ə
	a

[i, u] may be heard as a realization of the sequences /əj/, /əw/ or resulting in syllabic forms of /j, w/.

References

Abelam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language
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. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Palmer, Bill (2017-12-04). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-029525-2.

External links

OLAC resources in and about the Ambulas language

Sepik languages

Upper Sepik

Wogamusin	Chenapian Wogamusin
Iwam	May River Iwam Sepik Iwam
Amal–Kalou	Amal Kalou
Other	Abau

Middle Sepik

Nukuma	Kwanga Kwoma Seim
Ndu	Abelam Boiken Burui Gaikundi Iatmül Keak Koiwat Kwasengen Manambu Ngala Sengo Sos Kundi Yelogu
Yellow River	Ak Awun Namia
Other	Yerakai

Sepik Hill

Sanio	Bikaru Hewa Niksek Piame Sanio
Bahinemo	Bisis Bitara Bahinemo Kapriman Mari Nigilu Sumariup Wagu Watakataui
Alamblak	Alamblak Kaningra
Papi	Papi Suarmin

Others

Ram	Awtuw Karawa Pouye
Tama	Ayi Mehek Pahi Pasi Yessan-Mayo
Others	Biksi-Yetfa?

Languages of Papua New Guinea

Official languages

Major Indigenous
languages

Other Papuan
languages

Angan	Akoye Angaataha Ankave Hamtai Kamasa Kawacha Menya Safeyoka Simbari Susuami Tainae Yagwoia Yipma
Awin–Pa	Awin Pa
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Engan	Angal Bisorio Enga Huli Ipili Kewa Kyaka Lembena Samberigi
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Teberan	Dadibi Folopa
Tirio	Abom Baramu Bitur Tirio Were
Turama–Kikorian	Ikobi Omati Rumu
Larger families	Finisterre–Huon Kainantu–Goroka Madang Ramu–Lower Sepik Sepik Southeast Papuan Torricelli

Sign languages

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На других языках

- [en] Abelam language

[fr] Ambulas

L'ambulas est une langue papoue parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, dans le district de Maprik de la province de Sepik oriental.

[ru] Абелам (язык)

Абелам (амбулас) — папуасский язык, распространённый на северо-востоке Папуа — Новой Гвинеи. Относится к сепикской языковой семье.

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