Asụsụ Ambai

 

Asụsụ Ambai bụ asụsụ Austronesia a na-asụ na Indonesian New Guinea ( Papua Province), ọkachasị n'agwaetiti Ambai yana mpaghara ndịda Yapen Island . A na-eme atụmatụ na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị na-ekwu okwu dị 10,000. Olumba bụ Randawaya, Ambai (Wadapi-Laut), na Manawi.

fonology

Ambai nwere consonants 19 na ụdaume 6, egosiri na tebụl dị n'okpuru.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Laryngeal
Plosive	p  b	t  d		k  ɡ
Ihu imi	m	n		ŋ
Trill		r
Nke na-ese okwu	ɸ	s	ç  ʝ		ħ / h
Odika	w		j

Udaume

	N'ihu	Central	Azu
Mechie	i		u
N'etiti	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Mepee		a

Ọmụmụ ihe ọmụmụ

Nkpọaha

Nnọchiaha niile dị na Ambai akara maka ọnụọgụgụ, mmadụ na njikọta (na onye mbụ).

A na-agbakwunye nnọchiaha ndị a ejikọta ọnụ dị ka mgbakwunye na ngwaa ka ọ guzoro dị ka isiokwu nke ahịrịokwu ahụ. Ngwaa ọ bụla dị na Ambai na-ewe isiokwu, ọbụlagodi na ọ bụ nnọchiaha mmadụ nke atọ.

Ejikọtara aha

		Otu	Abụọ	Nnwale	Ọtụtụ
Onye mbụ	exclusive	i-/dj-	au(r)-	anto(r)-	ame(r)-
	inclusive		tu(r)-	to(r)-	ta(r)-
Onye nke abụọ		b-	mu(r)-	munto(r)-	me(r)-
Onye nke atọ		d-	u(r)-	co(r)-	e(r)-

Nnokwa nnọchiaha ndị a nwere onwe ha ma amachibidoro ya karịa n'iji ya eme ihe. Ha anaghị apụta dị ka isiokwu – ebe ọ bụ na akara isiokwu ahụ ugbua na ngwaa – mana nwere ike ịpụta dị ka ihe, na nkebiokwu amụma na na nkebiokwu dị n'okpuru. Ụfọdụ ngwaa na-enye ohere ịhapụ aha ihe ahụ.

Okwu nnọchiaha efu

		Otu	Abụọ	Nnwale	Ọtụtụ
Onye mbụ	exclusive	jau	auru	antoru	amea
	inclusive		turu	totoro	tata
Onye nke abụọ		wau	muru	muntoro	mea
Onye nke atọ		i	uru	coru	ea

Ọmụmaatụ nke nnọchiaha ndị eji n'asụsụ kwa ụbọchị:   

Ntụaka

asụsụ ahụ n'agwaetiti anọ mmadụ bi na agwaetiti: Nubogeta, Gumawana, Omea, na

Ọgụgụ ọzọ

• PJ Silzer Ambai, asụsụ Austronesia nke Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Ph.D. Mahadum Mba Ọstrelia, 1983.

Njikọ mpụga

• Ibe akwụkwọ ndekọ asụsụ Ambai
• Nkọwa dị mkpirikpi nke Grammar Ambai, nke Ariel Gutman dere
• Ihe osise Grammar nke Ambai, nke Fannie St-Pierre-Tanguay dere