Sepik Iwam language

Sepik Iwam, or Yawenian, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is the lexical basis of the Hauna trade pidgin.

It is spoken in villages such as Iniok (-4.291°N, 142.01°W) in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG of East Sepik Province.

Pronouns
Sepik Iwam pronouns:



!colspan=2| !! singular !! dual !! plural !colspan=2| 1st person !colspan=2| 2nd person !rowspan=2| 3rd person ! masculine ! feminine
 * ka || kərar || kəram
 * kə || kow || kom
 * si
 * rowspan="2" | sow
 * rowspan="2" | səm
 * sa
 * }

Grammar
Sepik Iwam subject agreement suffixes are:


 * {| class="wikitable"

! !! singular !! dual !! plural ! masculine ! feminine
 * *-ən
 * rowspan="2" | *-o
 * rowspan="2" | *-əm
 * *-a
 * }

The structure of this subject agreement paradigm can be traced back to Proto-Sepik, although the morphemes themselves do not seem to be directly related to the reconstructed Proto-Sepik forms. (See also Sepik languages.)