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{{Short description|Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox Language
{{Infobox language
|name=Petats
|name=Petats
|familycolor=Austronesian
|states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
|states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
|region=[[Buka Island]]
|region=[[Buka Island]]
|ethnicity=
|speakers=2,000 (1981)
|speakers=2,000
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP)
|date=1975
|fam3=[[Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages|Nuclear MP]]
|ref=e18
|fam4=[[Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central-Eastern MP]]
|speakers2=8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
|fam5=[[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Eastern MP]]
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam6=[[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]]
|fam7=[[Western Oceanic languages|Western Oceanic]]
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
|fam8=[[Meso-Melanesian languages|Meso-Melanesian]]
|fam3=[[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]]
|fam9=[[New Ireland languages|New Ireland]]
|fam4=[[Western Oceanic languages|Western]]
|fam5=[[Meso-Melanesian languages|Meso-Melanesian]]
|fam10=[[South New Ireland–Northwest Solomonic languages|South New Ireland–Northwest Solomonic]]
|fam11=[[Nehan–North Bougainville languages|Nehan–North Bougainville]]
|fam6=[[Northwest Solomonic languages|Northwest Solomonic]]
|fam12=[[Buka languages|Buka]]
|fam7=[[Nehan–Bougainville languages|Nehan–Bougainville]]
|fam8=[[Buka languages|Buka]]
|iso3=pex}}
|iso3=pex
|glotto=peta1245
|glottorefname=Petats
}}


'''Petats''' is an [[Austronesian language]] spoken by a few thousand persons in [[Papua New Guinea]]. Its Ethnologue page mentions the dialects Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan and Sumoun.
'''Petats''' is an [[Austronesian language]] spoken by a few thousand persons in [[Papua New Guinea]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petats {{!}} Ethnologue Free |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/pex/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Ethnologue (Free All) |language=en}}</ref> Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}


==Phonology==
==Grammar==
Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking.<ref name="Cropp">{{cite book |last1=Cropp |first1=A.H. |title=A short grammar of the Petats dialect |date=<!--circa--> 1900–1931}}</ref>


==Resources==
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Resources==
* Ethnologue: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pex Petats]
* Global Recordings Network [http://globalrecordings.net/program/C22891 Petats]
* Global Recordings Network [http://globalrecordings.net/program/C22891 Petats]
* Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. [http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/0000442/3_Petats%20Phonemes%20and%20Orthography_Jerry%20Allen%20and%20Matthew%20Beaso.pdf Petats Phonemes and Orthography]
* Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. [http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/0000442/3_Petats%20Phonemes%20and%20Orthography_Jerry%20Allen%20and%20Matthew%20Beaso.pdf Petats Phonemes and Orthography]
* [http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/0000292/Petats.pdf Petats Organised Phonology Data]
* [http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/0000292/Petats.pdf Petats Organised Phonology Data]
* Materials on Petats are included in the open access [[Arthur Capell]] collections ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1] and [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) and the [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]] collection ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/MR1 MR1]) held by [[Paradisec]].
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Meso-Melanesian languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}


[[Category:Meso Melanesian languages]]
[[Category:Northwest Solomonic languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville]]



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Latest revision as of 13:57, 9 January 2025

Petats
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBuka Island
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1975)[1]
8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
Language codes
ISO 639-3pex
Glottologpeta1245

Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.[citation needed]

Grammar

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Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Petats at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Petats | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ Cropp, A.H. (1900–1931). A short grammar of the Petats dialect.

Resources

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