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amto language
The AmtoLanguage is an AmtoMusanLanguage of PapuaNewGuinea. SIL code: AMT. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 230 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Region: Sandaun Province, Amanab District and Rocky Peak District, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River. Villages: Amto, Habiyon (Sernion). Alternate names: KI, SIWAI, SIAWI, SIAFLI. Dialects: AMTO, SIAWI. Comments: Acculturating rapidly. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 30% to 35%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 60%. Tropical forest. Mountain slope, foothills. Hunter-gatherers. 230 to 500 feet. Traditional religion, Christian. Bible portions 1992-1998.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesamto musan languageAn AmtoMusanLanguage is either of two related languages of PapuaNewGuinea that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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