Kamasau language explained

Kamasau
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	East Sepik Province
Coordinates:	-3.7355°N 143.8153°W
Speakers:	960
Date:	2003
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Torricelli
Fam2:	Marienberg
Iso3:	kms
Glotto:	kama1367
Glottorefname:	Kamasau

Kamasau is a Torricelli language of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Dialects

There are three dialects:^[2]

Ghini dialect, spoken in Wandomi (-3.8685°N 143.8656°W), Wobu (-3.9193°N 143.9332°W), and Yibab (-3.866°N 143.8607°W) villages
Hagi dialect, spoken in Kenyari village (-3.7615°N 143.7518°W)
Soigi and Segi dialects, spoken in Kamasau (-3.7355°N 143.8153°W), Tring (-3.7907°N 143.8414°W), and Wau (-3.788°N 143.8747°W) villages

Ghini dialect is divergent. The dictionary is based on the Segi dialect of Tring.

Phonology

Consonants

!! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
	voiceless		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	voiced	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	prenasalized	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	voiceless	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/
	voiced	pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/
Nasal		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Trill			pronounced as /ink/
Approximant		pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

Vowels! !! Front !! Central !! Back
Close	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Mid	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Open		pronounced as /ink/

Notes and References

Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.