Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.
Grammar Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking.
References
Resources Global Recordings Network Petats Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975. Petats Phonemes and Orthography Petats Organised Phonology Data Materials on Petats are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) and the Malcolm Ross collection (MR1) held by Paradisec.