Makayam language

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Makayam
Tirio
Aturu
Native to Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,300 (2003)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
  • Tirio
    • Tirio–Bitur–Were
      • Makayam
Dialects
Giribam
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aup
Glottolog maka1315[2]

Tirio AKA Makayam (Makaeyam) AKA Aturu (Adulu, Atura) is Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

Pronouns are:

sg pl
1 no-gao gai-ga
2 o-gao zo-gao
3 igi i-ga

No-, o-, zo-, i- may reflect proto-Trans–New Guinea *na, *ga, *ja, *i.

References

  1. Makayam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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