Kemberano is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.[2]
Kemberano | |
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Weriagar, Barau | |
Native to | West Papua, Indonesia |
Region | Bird's Head Peninsula |
Native speakers | (2,500 including Dombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bzp |
Glottolog | kemb1235 |
![]() ![]() Kemberano ![]() ![]() Kemberano ![]() ![]() Kemberano | |
Coordinates: 2.24°S 132.99°E / -2.24; 132.99 |
Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes:[2]
Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):
pogi
pig
enat-i
one-M
pogi enat-i
pig one-M
‘one pig’
uroko
stone
enat-o
one-F
uroko enat-o
stone one-F
‘one stone’
South Bird's Head languages | |
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Inanwatan–Duriankere |
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Konda–Yahadian | |
Nuclear South Bird's Head |
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