Amung language

Amung language
Amung
Damal, Uhunduni
Spoken in Papua
Ethnicity Amung people
Native speakers 14,000  (date missing)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • Amung
Language codes
ISO 639-3 uhn

The Amung language, or Amung Kal, also known as Damal and Uhunduni, is the language of the Amung people. It is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).

References

  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782. 



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