Anêm is a Papuan language spoken by about 800 people, as of 2011, in the villages of Malasoŋo, Karaiai, Mosiliki, Pudêliŋ, Atiatu and Bolo along the northwestern coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain Province. Its classification is uncertain: it is tentatively placed in a proposed West New Britain grouping, and some linguists suggest a relationship to the neighboring Ata language and possibly to Yele, though the evidence remains thin. Anêm is notable for at least 20 possessive noun classes and follows accusative, subject-verb-object grammar; one of its two dialects, Akiblik, spoken at Bolo, was already nearing extinction by 1982.
Facts
RegionFive villages along the northwestern coast of New Britain, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusNo proto-language is reconstructed. Anêm's external relationships remain unresolved and it is currently treated as unclassified: a possible link to the neighboring Ata language and to Yélî Dnye has been suggested but not confirmed. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Anêm Language
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Papuan language spoken in five main villages along the northwestern coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Infobox, speakers field
Native speakers 800 (2011)
Classification section, external relations
Anêm may be related to neighboring Ata and possibly to Yélî Dnye.
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