Abinomn
Foia
Baso
Native toIndonesia
RegionMamberamo Hulu District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua
Native speakers
300 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsa
Glottologabin1243
ELPAbinomn

The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya[2]) is a likely language isolate initially reported by Mark Donohue from Papua province, Indonesia. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.[1]

Classification

Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.[3]

Neighboring languages

Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain.[2] For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language.[2]:513 Languages adjacent to Abinomn are:

Phonology

Consonants:[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
plain labial
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless t k
voiced d ɡʷ
Fricative voiceless ɸ s
voiced β
Rhotic r
Approximant w j
Vowels:[2]
Front Back
High iu
Mid eo
Low a

Pronouns

The Abinomn pronouns are:

singular dual plural
Imitwemorweawp
you (nominative)niyou twoporyoupi
he, shein, nnthey twonartheykn

Number inflection

Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018):[2]

Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns
glosssingulardualplural
‘armband’atamatuatamaturomatamatukon
‘aunt’nyebaknyebakromnyebakaigon
‘bamboo knife’abisiamabissabromabisiasom
‘barbed arrow’karikariromkarigon
bandicootaineaineromainekon
‘calf of leg’dindiromdoidi
cassowarykomosinkomosiromkomosidi
catfishmummubrummukr
centipedesmsbromskr
cockatooarkonarkoromarkoti
‘comb’isrisrdomisrkon
‘drum’itowaitowaromitowakon
‘egg’akakromaigon
‘father’s father’moimoirommoigon
‘fireplace’msmmsbrommskr
‘fishing arrow’denderomdeti
‘footwear’tefirtefidomtefirkon
‘grasshopper’saseinakinsaseinakiromsaseinakidi
‘hair’erkerkromerkigon
‘hand’akwirakwidomakwirkon
‘headband’kwetamkwetambromkwetakr
‘house’prprdomprkon
‘jungle’gwekgwekromgwekigon
‘knife handle’tamtabromtatom
‘lake’kesifkesifromkesifkon
‘leech’piarpiardompiarkom
‘louse’jenjendromjeti
maleo fowl’igwukigwukromigwukigon
‘night’siwisiwiromsiwkon
‘owl’weimnweimromweimti
‘pot’jekjekromjekigon
praying mantistigweretigwereromtigwerekon
‘prawn’beresminberesmindromberesmidi
river turtlefanfaromfati
sago puddingmidammidabrommidatom
‘star’skinskiromskidi
‘stone’worwordomworkon
sunbirdweimweibromweigr
‘swamp’okwiokwiromokwigon
‘thigh’kerkedomkerkon
‘thorn’doindoiromdoidi
‘toe’gwesiamgwesiabromgwesasom
tree kangarooweweromwekon
wallabydkdkromdigon
water snakemoimoirommoigon
‘younger brother’aiairomakon

References

  1. 1 2 Abinomn at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. Abinomn Archived 2022-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, New Guinea World
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