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Sigma KEE - WaremboriLanguage
WaremboriLanguage
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The WaremboriLanguage is a LowerMamberamoLanguage of Indonesia (Irian Jaya). SIL code: WSA. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 600 (1998 SIL). Region: North coast, mouth of Mamberamo River and west to Poiwai, villages of Warembori, Tamakuri, and Bonoi. Alternate names: WARENBORI, WAREMBOIVORO. Comments: Close to Yoke. About 33% lexical similarity with Yoke, and about 30% resembles Austronesian. Most are proficient in Irianese Malay. Indonesian and Yoke also spoken. Most are 20 and older, but there are speakers below 20. About 20 people use it as their second or third language. Much typology resembles Austronesian. Dictionary. SVO, prepositions, genitives before noun heads, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads, 1 prefix, 6 or more suffixes on a word, word order distinguishes subject, object, indirect object, topic (SVO) is for pragmatic salience, affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase, obligatory subject agreement, optional object agreement shown by verb affixes, the scope of a serialized quantifier shows a trace of ergativity, causative shown by verbs 'make' and 'give', CV, nontonal. Literacy rate in second language: 30% in Indonesian. Swamp. Riverine. Swidden agriculturalists. Sea level. Christian.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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