Amto

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
amt
Population

300 (2006 NTM).

Location

Sandaun Province, Amanab Rocky Peak districts, south of Upper Sepik river, toward Left May river headwaters on Samaia river, Amto, Habiyon, and Amu villages.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Amto-Musan
Dialects

Amto, Siawi.

Typology

SOV; postpositions, genitives before noun heads; adjectives after noun heads; relatives without noun heads; question word final; maximum prefixes: 1, maximum suffixes: 3, causatives, comparatives; CV, CVV, CVVV, CCV, CCCV, nontonal

Language Use

All ages. Also use Siawi [mmp] or Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 30% in Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Amto
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.