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Petats language

Petats language

Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea

Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea.[2] Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.[citation needed]

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Grammar

Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking. [3]

Resources

References

  1. [1]
    Petats at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Petats | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. [3]
    Cropp, A.H. (1900–1931). A short grammar of the Petats dialect.


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