Waigeo language
| Waigeo | |
|---|---|
| Ambel | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
Native speakers | (300 cited 1978)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wgo |
| Glottolog |
waig1244[2] |
Waigeo, also known as Ambel (Amber), is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in West Papua on the island of Waigeo, Raja Ampat islands.
Phonology
Sounds of the Ambel language:[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||
| Lateral | l | |||
| Glide | j | w |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
References
- ↑ Waigeo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Waigeo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Arnold, Laura (2016). Lexical tone in Ambel. Paper presented at the 8th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference.
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