Monumbo distinguishes five gender classes for singular and dual third-person pronouns, but only two gender classes (masculine and feminine) for third-person plural pronouns, a typologically unusual feature. There are five genders for the third-person pronoun, which are masculine, feminine, neutral, diminutive, and miscellaneous genders.[3]
Some Mambuwan nouns and their respective plural forms:[3]
gloss
singular
plural
‘mouth’
alakam
alakambo
‘leg’
sabo
sabo
‘thorn’
pupuk
pupuka
‘door’
kigi
kigika
‘stream’
su
suga
‘crab’
dɔra
dɔrage
‘name’
inu
inuore
‘beach’
lulu
luluore
‘coconut’
dɛ
dɛip
‘island’
mot
motiwe
‘hand’
naŋdabi
naŋdabian
Referencesedit
^Monumbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Vormann, Franz and Scharfenberger, Wilhel. 1914. Die Monumbo-Sprache: Grammatik und Worterverzeichnis
^ abcdefghFoley, 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. ISBN978-3-11-028642-7.
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monumbo, language, monumbo, papuan, language, papua, guinea, there, early, description, german, closely, related, lilau, monumbonative, topapua, guinearegionbogia, district, madang, provincenative, speakers410, 2003, language, familytorricelli, sepik, coast, s. Monumbo is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea There is an early description in German 2 It is closely related to Lilau MonumboNative toPapua New GuineaRegionBogia District Madang ProvinceNative speakers410 2003 1 Language familyTorricelli Sepik Coast Sepik CoastMonumbo languagesMonumboLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mxk class extiw title iso639 3 mxk mxk a Glottolognucl1458ELPMonumbo Contents 1 Phonology 2 Grammar 3 Nouns 4 ReferencesPhonology editMambuwan consonants are 3 Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar UvularNasal m n ŋPlosive voiceless p t k qprenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡFricative voiceless svoiced z ɣRhotic rApproximant w l jMambuwan vowels are 3 Vowels Front Central BackClose i uClose Mid e e oOpen Mid ɛ ɔOpen aGrammar editMonumbo distinguishes five gender classes for singular and dual third person pronouns but only two gender classes masculine and feminine for third person plural pronouns a typologically unusual feature There are five genders for the third person pronoun which are masculine feminine neutral diminutive and miscellaneous genders 3 Mambuwan subject agreement prefixes are 3 sg du pl1 a i i 2 si su u u 3M ni nu ma gi 3F w wa 3N i ma bo 3DIM mi ba 3OTHER gi ga Mambuwan has a general oblique case marker unum Cusum for nouns 3 ŋait unum fire OBL in at with through fire Mambuwan also makes use of postpositions such as ŋaŋ inside 3 su ŋaŋ water inside in the water Mambuwan has highly complex verbal inflection 3 Nouns editSome Mambuwan nouns and their respective plural forms 3 gloss singular plural mouth alakam alakambo leg sabo sabo thorn pupuk pupuka door kigi kigika stream su suga crab dɔra dɔrage name inu inuore beach lulu luluore coconut dɛ dɛip island mot motiwe hand naŋdabi naŋdabianReferences edit Monumbo at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Vormann Franz and Scharfenberger Wilhel 1914 Die Monumbo Sprache Grammatik und Worterverzeichnis a b c d e f g h 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monumbo language amp oldid 1213387433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
