Petats language
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Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea
| Petats | |
|---|---|
| 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.[2] Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.[citation needed]
Grammar[edit]
Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking.[3]
Resources[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
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