Awtuw language
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Awtuw (Autu), also known as Kamnum, is spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is a polysynthetic language closely related to Karawa and Pouye. It is spoken in Galkutua, Gutaiya (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Kamnom (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Tubum (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Wiup (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) villages in Kamnom East ward, East Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1][2]
It is an endangered language, being widely replaced by Tok Pisin.
Phonology
Awtuw consonants are:[3]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | ||
| Lateral | l | |||
| Semivowel | w | j |
Awtuw vowels are:[3]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Near-open | æ | ||
| Open | a |
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[3]
sg du pl 1 wan nan nom 2 yen an om 3m rey ræw rom 3f tey
Verbal morphology
Awtuw has a very rich verbal morphology, with 8 prefixal slots encoding tense, aspect, modality, polarity, subject number and reciprocal.[4]). Six of these slots contain prefixes that have cognates in Pouye.[5]
The suffixal chain contains recently grammaticalized suffixes encoding associated motion, aspect, benefactive, and various unusual categories such as celerative -imya 'quickly' as in (1) (grammaticalized from the verb imya 'run'),[6] simulative -panya 'pretend',[7] and periodic tense (adauroral -alw 'until dawn').[8]
References
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Feldman, Harry (1983). A grammar of Awtuw (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5D723CE831842. hdl:1885/132945.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacques, Guillaume (2024). "Essai de comparaison de la morphologie verbale des langues ram (awtuw et pouye), famille sepik". Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris. 118 (1): 275–288. doi:10.2143/BSL.118.1.3292785.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacques, Guillaume (2024). "Celerative: the encoding of speed in verbal morphology". STUF. 77 (2): 261–282. doi:10.1515/stuf-2024-2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacques, Guillaume (2023). "Simulative derivations in cross-linguistic perspective and their diachronic sources". Studies in Language. 47 (4): 957–988. doi:10.1075/sl.22054.jac.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jacques, Guillaume (2023). "Periodic tense markers in the world's languages and their sources". Folia Linguistica. 57 (3): 539–562. doi:10.1515/flin-2023-2013.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Feldman, Harry (1983). A grammar of Awtuw (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5D723CE831842. hdl:1885/132945.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Feldman, Harry (1986). A Grammar of Awtuw. Pacific Linguistics Series B - No. 94. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/pl-b94. hdl:1885/145411. ISBN 0-85883-342-5.
- Whitehead, Carl R. 1992. Review of: a grammar of Awtuw, by Harry Feldman.
- Rosetta Project:Awtuw Swadesh List
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