Amara language

Amara
Amara
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	parts of West New Britain Province
Native speakers	230 (2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Vitiaz Amara; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aie
Glottolog	amar1272
ELP	Amara

Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain. Speakers have close to 100% bilingualism with Bariai, and many also speak Tok Pisin.

Phonology

The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives [β ɹ ɣ] after vowels.

^ Amara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Thurston, William R. (1996). Ross, Malcolm R. (ed.). "Amara: An Austronesian Language of Northwestern New Britain". Studies in the Languages of New Britain and New Ireland 1: Austronesian Languages of the North New Guinea Cluster in Northwestern New Britain. Pacific Linguistics: Series C. 135. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University: 197–248.

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