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Petats
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Buka Island
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1975) [1]
8,000 L2 speakers (1977)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pex
Glottolog peta1245

Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. [2] Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun.[ citation needed]

Grammar

Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking. [3]

Resources

References

  1. ^ Petats at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Petats | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ Cropp, A.H. (1900–1931). A short grammar of the Petats dialect.


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