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Walman language

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Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea Not to be confused with Valman, Iran.
Walman
Koroko
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers1,700 (2003)
Language familyTorricelli
Language codes
ISO 639-3van
Glottologvalm1241
ELPWalman

Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns (as in "John and Mary") is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.

References

  1. Walman at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Brown, Lea, and Matthew S. Dryer (2008) The verbs for 'and' in Walman, a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Language 84 (3), 528–565.

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Torricelli languages
Arapesh
Maimai
One (West Wapei)
Marienberg
Wapei
Palei
Urim
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