- Source: Sepik Iwam language
Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.
It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (4.291°S 142.01°E / -4.291; 142.01 (Iniok)) in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.
Phonology
Pronouns
Sepik Iwam pronouns:: 282
Grammar
Sepik Iwam subject agreement suffixes are:
The structure of this subject agreement paradigm can be traced back to Proto-Sepik, although the morphemes themselves do not seem to be directly related to the reconstructed Proto-Sepik forms. (See also Sepik languages#Gender.)
Like May River Iwam, Sepik Iwam has periodic tense, for instance the matutinal
-iyakwok.
References
Further reading
"Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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- Sepik Iwam language
- Sepik–Ramu languages
- Sepik languages
- Iwam languages
- Iwam language
- Ramu–Lower Sepik languages
- Upper Sepik languages
- List of language families
- Mufian language
- Indo-Pacific languages
