Harshen Abau

Harshen Abau
'Yan asalin magana	7,270 (2000)
Dangin harshen	Harsunan Papuan Sepik languages Harshen Abau
Baƙaƙen rubutu	Baƙaƙen boko
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	aau
Glottolog	abau1245

Abau yare ne na Papuan da ake magana a kudancin Lardin Sandaun a Papua New Guinea, da farko a kan iyaka da Indonesia ake magana da shie.

A shekara ta 2002, an kiyasta cewa akwai tsakanin masu magana 4,500 da 5,000, kuma wannan adadin bai bayyana ya ragu ba tun lokacin da aka fara kirga shi daidai a cikin shekarun 1970s.

An ruwaito Abau yana da jawabi.

Fasahar sauti

Abau yana da mafi sauki phonemic inventory a cikin Sepik harshe iyali.

Sautin sautin

	A gaba	Komawa
Kusa	i	u
Tsakanin Tsakiya	e	o
Bude		ɑ

Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

	Biyuwa	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Gishiri
Hanci	m	n
Plosive	p			k
Fricative		s			h
Flap		ɾ
Semivowel			j	w

Wakilan sunaye

Wakilan sune:

Lambobin biyu da jam'i kawai suna rarrabe tsakanin mutum na farko da wanda ba na farko ba. Har ila yau, bambancin jinsi na mutum na uku ya wanzu ne kawai ga mutum ɗaya, amma ba nau'i biyu ko jam'i ba.

Nau'o'in suna

Kwalejin Abau sune:

Halin Magana

Abau yana da ƙayyadaddun lokaci guda uku: -kok na rana, -ropay na baya da -nayr na dare

Kalmomin kalmomi

Kalmomin ƙamus masu zuwa sun fito ne daga Foley (2005) da Laycock (1968), kamar yadda aka ambata a cikin bayanan Trans-New Guinea: