- have
adopted the term
Paamese to
refer to it. Both a
grammar and a
dictionary of
Paamese have been
produced by
Terry Crowley.
Paamese is an Austronesian...
-
North Ambrym, West Ambrym,
South Ambrym Paama Island:
Southeast Ambrym,
Paamese Epi Island: Lewo, Lamen, Bierebo, Baki Epi Island: Mkir,
Bieria Shepherd–Efate...
- of
people claiming to be
Paamese is much
greater than this.
Around 7,000
people living throughout Vanuatu claimed to be
Paamese in the 1999 census. Indeed...
- is most
common between 3 and 5, it has been used with more than 20. In
Paamese, a
major factor is
relative group size
compared to the plural, such that...
- Taveak, is a
language of
Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. It is
closely related to
Paamese.
Southeast Ambrym at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
- (Gaua) NCV
Olrat olr
Extinct 0.0000
Banks Islands (Gaua) NCV
Paama paa
Paamese 6,000 2.2189
Paama NCV
Piamatsina ptr 150 0.0555
Espiritu Santo NCV Polonombauk...
- less
common patterns are (Blust 2009):
Vacuous reduplication (occurs in
Paamese) Full
reduplication minus the
initial (occurs in
Anejom of
southern Vanuatu)...
- Motu gavika; Bola kavika;
Babatana kapika; Gela gaviga; Kwara'ae ʻafiʻo;
Paamese ahie; Wayan, Niue, East Uvean, and
Bauan kavika;
Tongan fekika; Anutan...
-
Cutler Sanford. In Vanuatu, E.
sanfordi is
known as a-kal in the
southern Paamese language and
ghala [ɣala] in the Raga language. The
preferred natural habitat...
-
distinct languages. He
obtained a
doctorate in 1980 with a
dissertation on
Paamese,
managing in the
meantime to do
linguistic salvage fieldwork describing...
