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{{Short description|Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea}}
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|date=1975
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|speakers2=8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
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'''Petats''' is an [[Austronesian language]] spoken by a few thousand persons in [[Papua New Guinea]]. Dialects are 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}}

==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>

==References==
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==Resources==
==Resources==
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* 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:Northwest Solomonic languages]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Meso-Melanesian 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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