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Yabem, or Jabêm, is an
Austronesian language of
Papua New Guinea.
Yabem belongs to the
division of the
Melanesian languages spoken natively (in 1978)...
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counterpart of this sound, the
voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/. In
Yabem and
similar languages, such as Bukawa, ⟨c⟩
stands for a
glottal stop /ʔ/...
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administrative districts. At
least 101
languages are spoken,
including Kâte and
Yabem language.
English and Tok
Pisin are
common languages in the
urban areas...
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suprasegmentals on vowels:
phonemic tone in
Yabem and
Bukawa (Ross 1993) and
nasalization in Kela (Johnson 1994).
Yabem Bukawa Kela Eckermann, W. (2007). A descriptive...
- Non****ure
tense is
found in
languages such as Rukai, Greenlandic, Quechua,
Yabem and Nivkh. "Non****ure Tense".
Glossary of
Linguistic Terms. 2015-12-03....
- century. The
orthography of Labu is
based on that of
Yabêm (= Jabêm),
except that y
replaces Yabêm j. The
vowels of some
words in Labu are distinguished...
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government usage is
Bukawa (Eckermann 2007:1), even
though it
comes from the
Yabem language,
which served as a
church and
school lingua franca in the coastal...
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Unusually for
Oceanic languages, two
North Huon Gulf languages,
Bukawa and
Yabem, are tonal. The only
other tonal Oceanic languages are
found in New Caledonia...
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Kairiru Terebu Biem Kis
Manam Medebur Sepa
Wogeo Huon Gulf
Bukawa Kela
Yabem Aribwatsa †
Aribwaung Adzera Dangal Duwet Labu
Maralango Mari
Musom Nafi...
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number of exceptions, e.g.
Vietnamese (Austroasiatic), Cèmuhî and
Yabem (Austronesian).
Tones in
Vietnamese and Tsat may
result from
Chinese influence...
