Amele

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Amale

Population

5,300 (1987 SIL).

Location

Madang Province, Madang district, hills up from Astrolabe bay, between Gum and Gogol rivers. 40 hamlets.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Haija, Huar, Jagahala. Related to Gumalu [gmu], Sihan [snr], Isebe [igo], Bau [bbd], and Panim [pnr].

Typology

SOV

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Grammar. NT: 1997.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.