Amara language explained

Amara
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	parts of West New Britain Province
Speakers:	230
Date:	2011
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Oceanic
Fam4:	Western Oceanic
Fam5:	North New Guinea
Fam6:	Ngero–Vitiaz
Fam7:	Vitiaz
Iso3:	aie
Glotto:	amar1272
Glottorefname:	Amara

Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain. Speakers have close to 100% bilingualism with Bariai, and many also speak Tok Pisin.

Phonology

Consonants^[1] !!Labial!Alveolar!Velar

Plosive	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Fricative		pronounced as /link/
Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant		pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/

• The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

1. Thurston . William R. . 1996 . Ross . Malcolm R. . Amara: An Austronesian Language of Northwestern New Britain . Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain . Pacific Linguistics: Series C . Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University . Canberra . 135 . 197–248.