Awtuw language
Awtuw (Autu), also known as Kamnum, is spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is a polysynthetic language closely related to Karawa and Pouye. It is spoken in Galkutua, Gutaiya (3°33′56″S 142°00′06″E / 3.565508°S 142.001655°E), Kamnom (3°33′09″S 141°59′39″E / 3.552454°S 141.994165°E), Tubum (3°34′03″S 142°00′13″E / 3.567408°S 142.003722°E), and Wiup (3°33′14″S 141°59′04″E / 3.553766°S 141.9845°E) villages in Kamnom East ward, East Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1][2] It is an endangered language, being widely replaced by Tok Pisin. PhonologyAwtuw consonants are:[3]
Awtuw vowels are:[3]
PronounsPronouns are:[3]
Verbal morphologyAwtuw has a very rich verbal morphology, with 8 prefixal slots encoding tense, aspect, modality, polarity, subject number and reciprocal.[4]). Six of these slots contain prefixes that have cognates in Pouye.[5] The suffixal chain contains recently grammaticalized suffixes encoding associated motion, aspect, benefactive, and various unusual categories such as celerative -imya 'quickly' as in (1) (grammaticalized from the verb imya 'run'),[6] simulative -panya 'pretend',[7] and periodic tense (adauroral -alw 'until dawn').[8] (1) Rey 3sg:MASC aeye food rokr’-imy’-e. cook-CELER-PST 'He cooked the food quickly.' (Feldman 1983: 122–123) References
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