| Uhunduni | |
| Also Known As: | Damal |
| Nativename: | Amung |
| Region: | Central Papua central highlands, Paniai Regency, Beoga and Ilaga sub-districts; Asmat, Deiya, Mimika, and Puncak regencies, north and south Puncak Jaya; possibly Lanny Jaya and Nduga regencies. |
| Ethnicity: | Amung people, Damal people |
| Speakers: | 14,000 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | West Papuan Highlands (Irian Highlands) |
| Fam3: | Amung–Dem |
| Iso3: | uhn |
| Glotto: | dama1272 |
| Glottorefname: | Damal |
| Map: | Damal language.svg |
| Mapcaption: | Map: The Amung language of New Guinea |
Uhunduni, also known as Damal (Damal-kal) and Amung (Amung-kal) after two of its dialects, is the language of the Amung people and Damal people. It is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). However, it is treated as an isolate by Palmer (2018).[1] This language family is also called Ingkipilu in a classification by Anton Moeliono. The word Damal came from the Dani people, while Uhunduni came from the Moni people.[2]
Dialects are Amongme, Amung, Damal, Enggipilu.
Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for Uhunduni to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblances between Uhunduni and proto-Trans-New Guinea.[3]
Ross (2005) lists the pronouns as:
| singular | dual | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | na | iru | enoŋ | |
| 2 | a | erop | ||
| 3 | na | nuŋ |
Iru is an inclusive dual.
The following basic vocabulary words of Damal (Uhunduni) are from the Trans-New Guinea database,[4] citing Voorhoeve (1975).[5]
| gloss | Damal | |
|---|---|---|
| head | niŋok | |
| hair | niŋatok | |
| eye | noŋop | |
| tooth | naik | |
| leg | dok; nok | |
| louse | ma | |
| dog | mitim | |
| pig | bow | |
| bird | elato; olem | |
| egg | olemagam | |
| blood | nimang | |
| bone | dok; nok | |
| skin | nigip | |
| tree | em | |
| man | me | |
| sun | ul | |
| water | o; uk; ut | |
| fire | ka; kanelep | |
| stone | kela | |
| name | nem | |
| eat | nowin | |
| one | amenkak | |
| two | au; u |
The New Testament in Damal was published in 1988.