Ambermo language
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Unclassified Papuan language
| Ambermo | |
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| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Mamberamo, Papua Province |
| Era | attested 1855 |
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | ambe1246 |
Ambermo is an unclassified Papuan language of Papua province, Indonesia.
In 1855, G. J. Fabritius collected numerals from around Geelvink Bay. At the 'Ambermo' (Mamberamo) River at the eastern extent of his coverage, he collected tenama '1' and bisa '2' from an unnamed language. However, he notes that the people only 'count' by means of singular and plural, so it is doubtful whether tenama and bisa are actually numerals. In any case, these words do not resemble the numerals in any language of the area, so the language Fabritius encountered remains unidentified.[1]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2026). "Ambermo". Glottolog 5.3. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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