Amal language

Amal is a language spoken along the border of Sandaun Province and East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, along the Wagana River near the confluence with Wanibe Creek. Foley (2018) classifies Amal as a primary branch of the Sepik languages, though it is quite close to Kalou.

Pronouns
Pronouns are:



! !! sg !! pl ! 1 ! 2 ! 3
 * + Amal pronouns
 * ŋan || nut
 * in || kun
 * may || ilum
 * }

Cognates
Amal cognates with Sepik languages are:


 * tal ‘woman’
 * yan ‘child’
 * lal ‘tongue’ < proto-Sepik *ta(w)r
 * mi ‘breast’ < proto-Sepik *muk
 * waplo ‘liver’
 * nip ‘blood’
 * yen ‘egg’
 * ak ‘house’

Foley (2018) notes that there appears to be somewhat more lexical similarities between Amal and the Tama languages, but does not consider them to form a group with each other.

Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words of Amal are from Laycock (1968), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:


 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

! gloss !! Amal ! head ! ear ! eye ! nose ! tooth ! tongue ! leg ! louse ! dog ! bird ! egg ! blood ! bone ! skin ! breast ! tree ! man ! woman ! sun ! moon ! water ! fire ! stone ! two
 * makələ
 * marj
 * nai
 * yimeʔ
 * pu
 * lal
 * lü
 * ŋin
 * wun
 * yok
 * yen
 * niːp
 * nəŋolak
 * puːk
 * m
 * piːt
 * wul
 * tal
 * mwak
 * yimal
 * iːp
 * waː
 * tipal
 * kila
 * }