AMT ISO 639-3
Amto
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- amt
- Population
- 500 (2013 SIL). Ethnic population: 500 (2013 SIL).
- Location:
- Sandaun province: Amanab and Rocky Peak districts, Amto, Amu and Habiyon villages south of Upper Sepik river, toward Left May river headwaters on Samaia river.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Amto-Musan
- Dialects
- Eimaur, Tipiketi.
- Typology
- SOV; postpositions, genitives before noun heads; adjectives after noun heads; relatives without noun heads; question word final; maximum prefixes: 1, maximum suffixes: 3, causatives, comparatives; CV, CVV, CVVV, CCV, CCCV, nontonal.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Siawi [mmp]. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Siawi [mmp].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 30% in Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Amto
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], minimal usage.
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Sandaun province: Amanab and Rocky Peak districts, Amto, Amu and Habiyon villages south of Upper Sepik river, toward Left May river headwaters on Samaia river.
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