Petats language

Petats
Petats
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Buka Island
Native speakers	2,000 (1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian New Ireland South New Ireland–Northwest Solomonic Nehan–North Bougainville Buka Petats; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pex

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.

Phonology

Resources

Ethnologue: Petats
Global Recordings Network Petats
Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. Petats Phonemes and Orthography
Petats Organised Phonology Data

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