Wandamen
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- Language: Wandamen
- Alternate names: Wandamen-Windesi, Windesi, Windessi, Bintuni, Bentuni, Bentoeni, Wamesa
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:wad
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian,
South Halmahera-West New Guinea, West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, Central-Western - Number of speakers: 5,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Wandamen is an Austronesian language that is spoken in the following regions of Indonesia: Wasior, Manokwari, west Cenderawasih Bay along Wandamen Bay extending west to east end of Bintuni Bay.
The verb
Wandamen verbs require affixes that indicate subject person and number.
Sample verb: sayo
| Present | |
| Sg.1 | ysayo |
| Sg.2 | busayo |
| Sg.3 | disayo |
| Pl.1, inclusive | tasayo |
| Pl.1, exclusive | amasayo |
| Pl.2 | mesayo |
| Pl.3, human | sesayo |
| Pl.3, non-human | sisayo |
| Du.1, inclusive | tusayo |
| Du.1, exclusive | amusayo |
| Pl.2 | musayo |
| Du.3 | susayo |
Click verbs to conjugate them in the table above!
External links
- Wandamen grammar(approve sites)