Kemberano language

Kemberano is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.[2]

Kemberano
Weriagar, Barau
Native toWest Papua, Indonesia
RegionBird's Head Peninsula
Native speakers
(2,500 including Dombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzp
Glottologkemb1235
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Kemberano
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Kemberano
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Approximate location where Kemberano is spoken
Kemberano
Coordinates: 2.24°S 132.99°E / -2.24; 132.99

Morphology

Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes:[2]

  • –i (masculine nouns)
  • –o (feminine nouns)

Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):

pogi

pig

enat-i

one-M

pogi enat-i

pig one-M

‘one pig’

uroko

stone

enat-o

one-F

uroko enat-o

stone one-F

‘one stone’

References
  1. Kemberano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". 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. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.


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