Amal is a language spoken along the border of Sandaun Province and East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, along the Wagana River near the confluence with Wanibe Creek. Foley (2018) classifies Amal as a primary branch of the Sepik languages, though it is quite close to Kalou.
Pronouns Pronouns are:
|+ Amal pronouns ! !! sg !! pl |- ! 1 | ŋan || nut |- ! 2 | in || kun |- ! 3 | may || ilum
Cognates Amal cognates with Sepik languages are:
tal ‘woman’ yan ‘child’ lal ‘tongue’ < proto-Sepik *ta(w)r mi ‘breast’ < proto-Sepik *muk waplo ‘liver’ nip ‘blood’ yen ‘egg’ ak ‘house’
Foley (2018) notes that there appears to be somewhat more lexical similarities between Amal and the Tama languages, but does not consider them to form a group with each other.
Vocabulary The following basic vocabulary words of Amal are from Laycock (1968),Laycock, Donald C. 1968. Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea. Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Amal |- ! head | makələ |- ! ear | marj |- ! eye | nai |- ! nose | yimeʔ |- ! tooth | pu |- ! tongue | lal |- ! leg | lü |- ! louse | ŋin |- ! dog | wun |- ! bird | yok |- ! egg | yen |- ! blood | niːp |- ! bone | nəŋolak |- ! skin | puːk |- ! breast | m |- ! tree | piːt |- ! man | wul |- ! woman | tal |- ! sun | mwak |- ! moon | yimal |- ! water | iːp |- ! fire | waː |- ! stone | tipal |- ! two | kila
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