Walman language
| Walman | |
|---|---|
| Koroko | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | van |
| Glottolog | valm1241 |
| ELP | 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.[2]
References
- ^ Walman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
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