Angaatiha | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 2,500 (2015) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
agm |
Glottolog |
anga1290 |
Angaatiha (also known as Angaatiya, Angaataha, or Langimar) is the most divergent of the Angan languages in the Trans-New Guinea language family. It is native to the Menyanya District of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. As of 2015 it was estimated that there were 2,500 speakers. [1] Ethnic speakers of the region who speak Angaatiha are called Angaatiya.[ citation needed] The status of the language is categorized as a level 5 developing language. [1] Its ISO code is agm. [2]
Like most languages spoken in Papua New Guinea, Angaatiha contains the subject-object-verb word order [3] and utilizes the Latin script. [1]
The Angaatiha language is notable for its usage of varying pragmatic sequencing dependent on whether a sentence contains temporal or logical information. [4]
American linguist Merritt Ruhlen gave the following classification of Angaatiha in his book A Guide to the World's Languages Volume 1: Classification: [5]
The Angaatiha language features two forms of pragmatic sequencing, each respectively reserved for situations that require conveying temporal and logical information. Both temporal and logical sequencing have been described as having either "loose" and "tight" relationships between sentences. Much like that of the Kâte language, also spoken in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea, "tight" and "loose" sequencing in Angaatiha holds a relationship of "continuing pragmatic effects from one event to the next" versus "a lingering pragmatic effect that continues indefinitely". [4]
Translated sample in Angaataha of the Book of Genesis of the Bible:
Angaatiha:
English: