Imonda | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | (250 cited 1994)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | imn |
Glottolog | imon1245 |
ELP | Imonda |
Imonda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It has a simple consonant system and a complex vowel system, with no phonological tones. Imonda is heavily verb oriented, and does not mark nouns for number or gender, but marks number on the verb for subject, object, and several other types of noun phrases. Tense, aspect, negation and interrogation are also indicated in part on the verb. There is a very high-frequency topic clitic, which can be used on noun phrases, adverbs, or verbs. The language has no coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, filling these roles with other approaches.