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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]]. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun. |
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==Grammar== |
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Verbs are not inflected, and there are 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=between 1900 and 1931?}}</ref> |
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==Resources== |
==Resources== |
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Revision as of 02:27, 2 September 2018
| Petats | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Buka Island |
Native speakers | (2,000 cited 1975)[1] 8,000 L2 speakers (1977) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pex |
| Glottolog | peta1245 |
Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.
Grammar
Verbs are not inflected, and there are post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking. [2]
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.
References
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