Marangis language
(Redirected from Watam language)
| Marangis | |
|---|---|
| Watam | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 590 (2003)[1] |
Ramu
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wax |
| Glottolog | wata1253 |
| ELP | Watam |
Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
It is spoken in the two villages of:[2][3]
- Watam village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (3°54′24″S 144°32′43″E / 3.906592°S 144.545246°E)
- Marangis village, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province (4°00′51″S 144°36′20″E / 4.014075°S 144.605629°E)
Pronouns
[edit]The pronominal system of Watam has a four-way distinction, with there being a paucal ("a few", "more than two") number for pronouns in addition to singular, dual, and plural.[4]
person singular dual paucal plural 1st yak aŋga apak ae 2nd u noŋgo niŋga ne 3rd ma miŋga miŋga min
Nouns
[edit]Nominal plural formatives include:[4]
gloss singular plural ‘ear’ kwar kwair ‘elbow’ tutup tutpemb ‘buttocks’ tok toke ‘leg’ or orar ‘man’ namot namtar ‘girl’ namoŋ navgor ‘nose’ ŋgum gubeb ‘bandicoot’ maŋem maŋbar ‘sago’ wak wik ‘betelnut’ meɲjak miɲjik
Verbs
[edit]Watam verbal conjugation for the verb ndo ‘to see’:[4]
tense verbal form present ndo-ta present ndo-ri future ndo-na(n) imperative ndo
References
[edit]- ^ Marangis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ a b c Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.