Mokati language
| Mokati | |
|---|---|
| Wanambre | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 590 (2003)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wnb |
| Glottolog | wana1269 |
Mokati, or Wanambre after one of the villages in which it is spoken, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2]
There are two main dialects. One is spoken in Wanambre (4°45′51″S 145°20′26″E / 4.76412°S 145.340466°E) and Mawet (4°44′53″S 145°20′16″E / 4.748076°S 145.337669°E) villages, while another one is spoken in Tinami (4°46′29″S 145°22′38″E / 4.774677°S 145.377246°E) and Kotakot (4°46′30″S 145°22′41″E / 4.775134°S 145.378048°E) villages. Differences in vocabulary include Wanambre wena 'louse' Tinami nokalol 'louse'.[2]
References
- ^ Mokati at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.