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Petats
Petats
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Buka Island
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 1975); 8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian Northwest Solomonic Nehan–Bougainville Buka Petats; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pex
Glottolog	peta1245

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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

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

References

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

Resources

Global Recordings Network Petats
Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. Petats Phonemes and Orthography
Petats Organised Phonology Data
Materials on Petats are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) and the Malcolm Ross collection (MR1) held by Paradisec.

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[e18-1] Petats at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Petats | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2023-10-28.

[Cropp-3] Cropp, A.H. (1900–1931). A short grammar of the Petats dialect.

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+{{Short description|Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea}}
-{{Infobox Language
+{{Infobox language
 |name=Petats
-|familycolor=Austronesian
 |states=[[Papua New Guinea]]
 |region=[[Buka Island]]
+|ethnicity=
-|speakers=2,000 (1981)
+|speakers=2,000
+|date=1975
+|ref=e18
+|speakers2=8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
+|familycolor=Austronesian
 |fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
 |fam3=[[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]]
-|fam4=[[Nehan-Bougainville languages|Nehan-Bougainville]]
+|fam4=[[Western Oceanic languages|Western]]
-|fam5=[[Buka languages|Buka]]
+|fam5=[[Meso-Melanesian languages|Meso-Melanesian]]
+|fam6=[[Northwest Solomonic languages|Northwest Solomonic]]
-|iso3=pex}}
+|fam7=[[Nehan–Bougainville languages|Nehan–Bougainville]]
+|fam8=[[Buka languages|Buka]]
+|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>
-{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}
-==Resources==
+==References==
-* Ethnologue: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pex Petats]
+{{Reflist}}
+==Resources==
 * 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]
 * [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 the Autonomous Region of Bougainville]]
-{{au-lang-stub}}
+{{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub}}