The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya) is a likely language isolate spoken in Papua province, Indonesia. Abinomn was initially reported by Mark Donohue. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated) and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.
Classification Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.Abinomn, New Guinea World
Neighboring languages Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain. For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language. Languages adjacent to Abinomn are:
Papasena (west) Diebroud (south; across the Taritatu River) Foau (east) Berik (north)
Phonology {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Consonants: |- ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Labial ! rowspan="2" | Alveolar ! rowspan="2" | Palatal ! colspan="2" | Velar |- ! plain ! labial |- ! colspan="2" | Nasal
! rowspan="2" | Plosive/Affricate !
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! rowspan="2" | Fricative !
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! colspan="2" | Rhotic
! colspan="2" | Approximant
+ Vowels: Front Back High Mid Low
Pronouns The Abinomn pronouns are:
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" | singular ! colspan="2" | dual ! colspan="2" | plural |- | I || mit || we two || mor || we || awp |- | you (nominative) || ni || you two || por || you || pi |- | he, she || in, nn || they two || nar || they || kn
Number inflection Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018):
|+ Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns ! gloss !! singular !! dual !! plural |- | ‘armband’ || atamatu || atamaturom || atamatukon |- | ‘aunt’ || nyebak || nyebakrom || nyebakaigon |- | ‘bamboo knife’ || abisiam || abissabrom || abisiasom |- | ‘barbed arrow’ || kari || karirom || karigon |- | ‘bandicoot’ || aine || ainerom || ainekon |- | ‘calf of leg’ || din || dirom || doidi |- | ‘cassowary’ || komosin || komosirom || komosidi |- | ‘catfish’ || mum || mubrum || mukr |- | ‘centipede’ || sm || sbrom || skr |- | ‘cockatoo’ || arkon || arkorom || arkoti |- | ‘comb’ || isr || isrdom || isrkon |- | ‘drum’ || itowa || itowarom || itowakon |- | ‘egg’ || ak || akrom || aigon |- | ‘father’s father’ || moi || moirom || moigon |- | ‘fireplace’ || msm || msbrom || mskr |- | ‘fishing arrow’ || den || derom || deti |- | ‘footwear’ || tefir || tefidom || tefirkon |- | ‘grasshopper’ || saseinakin || saseinakirom || saseinakidi |- | ‘hair’ || erk || erkrom || erkigon |- | ‘hand’ || akwir || akwidom || akwirkon |- | ‘headband’ || kwetam || kwetambrom || kwetakr |- | ‘house’ || pr || prdom || prkon |- | ‘jungle’ || gwek || gwekrom || gwekigon |- | ‘knife handle’ || tam || tabrom || tatom |- | ‘lake’ || kesif || kesifrom || kesifkon |- | ‘leech’ || piar || piardom || piarkom |- | ‘louse’ || jen || jendrom || jeti |- | ‘maleo fowl’ || igwuk || igwukrom || igwukigon |- | ‘night’ || siwi || siwirom || siwkon |- | ‘owl’ || weimn || weimrom || weimti |- | ‘pot’ || jek || jekrom || jekigon |- | ‘praying mantis’ || tigwere || tigwererom || tigwerekon |- | ‘prawn’ || beresmin || beresmindrom || beresmidi |- | ‘river turtle’ || fan || farom || fati |- | ‘sago pudding’ || midam || midabrom || midatom |- | ‘star’ || skin || skirom || skidi |- | ‘stone’ || wor || wordom || workon |- | ‘sunbird’ || weim || weibrom || weigr |- | ‘swamp’ || okwi || okwirom || okwigon |- | ‘thigh’ || ker || kedom || kerkon |- | ‘thorn’ || doin || doirom || doidi |- | ‘toe’ || gwesiam || gwesiabrom || gwesasom |- | ‘tree kangaroo’ || we || werom || wekon |- | ‘wallaby’ || dk || dkrom || digon |- | ‘water snake’ || moi || moirom || moigon |- | ‘younger brother’ || ai || airom || akon
References
External links Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Abinomn OLAC resources in and about the Abinomn language