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Yalë language

The Yalë language, also known as Yadë, Nagatman, or Nagatiman, is spoken in northwestern Papua New Guinea. It may be related to the Kwomtari languages, but Palmer (2018) classifies it as a language isolate.

Phonology
Aannested, Aidan (2020) gives the following phonology for Yadë (Yalë): • "dd" is pronounced as a trilled • See the source for more information regarding allophones- the ones listed are just the common occurrences. • Each vowel has a wide range of possible realizations, most notably /u/, which has: • /y/, /ʉ/, /ʊ/, and /u̟/ ==Pronouns==
Grammar
Verbal conjugation affixes are: • -d: generic marker • -t: transitive marker • -b: intransitive marker Most nouns are not pluralized, and only nouns with human or animate reference or with high local salience may be pluralized using the suffix - ~ -re: • nɛba-re /child-PL/ ‘children’ • ama-re /dog-PL/ ‘dogs’ • dife-rɛ /village-PL/ ‘villages’ Other plural nouns are irregular: • aya-nino /father-PL/ ‘fathers’ • mise ‘woman’, one ‘women’ ==Vocabulary==
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad and Dye (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: : ==Further reading==
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