Ambulas | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: abt
Alternate Names: Abelam
Autonym: Abulas
Population: 33,000 (Aikhenvald 2004).
Location:: East Sepik province: Maprik district.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Sepik, Ndu
Dialects: Maprik, Wingei, Wosera-Kamu, Wosera-Mamu.
Typology: SOV; 2 genders (masculine, feminine); 17 consonant and 3 vowel phonemes.
Language Use: All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Aikhenvald 2018).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 1974–1996.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Ambulas
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: East Sepik province: Maprik district.