Harshen Abau

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 sautinA gabaKomawaKusaiuTsakanin TsakiyaeoBudeɑ
+Sautin da aka yi amfani da shiBiyuwaAlveolarPalatalVelarGishiriHancimnPlosivepkFricativeshFlapɾSemivoweljw

 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: 

 Manazarta 

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