Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. About 200–400 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; a few people live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen.

Tariana Articles and Materials

Unlinked items can be found at JCU by searching name and author.
JCU Publications Alexandra Aikhenvald

1. Introduction: The Language & its Speakers (pdf 418 kb)
2. Phonology (pdf ... kb)
3. Grammatical Relations (pdf ... kb)
4. Word Classes (pdf ... kb)
5. Gender Marking, Semantics, & Agreement (pdf ... kb)
6. Number (pdf ... kb
7. Case Marking (pdf ... kb)
8. Possession (pdf ... kb)
9. Derivation & Compounding (pdf ... kb)
10. Closed Classes (pdf ... kb)
11. Predicate Structure & Verb Root Types (pdf ... kb)
12. Verbal Categories in Positive Declarative & Interrogative Clauses (pdf ... kb)
13. Mood & Modality (pdf ... kb)
14. Negation (pdf ... kb)
15. Verb Compounding (pdf ... kb)
16. Directionals & Valency-Changing Devices (pdf ... kb)
17. Complex Predicates (pdf ... kb)
18. Clause Linking & Dependent Clauses (pdf ... kb)
19. Other Dependent Clauses & Further Features of Clause Linking (pdf ... kb)
20. Clause Types & Discourse-Pragmatic Devices (pdf ... kb)
21. Issues in Semantics & Features of Lexicon (pdf ... kb)
22. Genetic & Areal Relationships & New Developments in the Language (pdf ... kb)

Memories

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