Marangis language
Language in the Ramu family
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Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
| Marangis | |
|---|---|
| Watam | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 590 (2003)[1] |
Ramu
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wax |
| Glottolog | wata1253 |
| ELP | Watam |
It is spoken in the two villages of:[2][3]
- Watam village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (3.906592°S 144.545246°E)
- Marangis village, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province (4.014075°S 144.605629°E)
Pronouns
Nouns
Verbs
Watam verbal conjugation for the verb ndo ‘to see’:[4]
tense verbal form present ndo-ta present ndo-ri future ndo-na(n) imperative ndo