Walman language explained

Walman language should not be confused with Valman, Iran.

Walman
Nativename:Koroko
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Sandaun Province
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Torricelli
Fam2:Wapei
Iso3:van
Glotto:valm1241
Glottorefname:Walman

Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns (as in "John and Mary") is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Brown, Lea, and Matthew S. Dryer (2008) The verbs for 'and' in Walman, a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Language 84 (3), 528–565.