Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
Mairasi (a.k.a. Faranyao and Kaniran) is a Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.
The Northeastern dialect may be a distinct language.
Distribution.
Locations:
Pronouns.
Mairasi possessor prefixes are:
Morphology.
Case markers.
Noun phrase case markers in Mairasi:
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Possessors.
Mairasi possessor prefixes:
Examples of inalienable possessors:
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Directionals.
Mairasi has two directional suffixes, which are only used with movement verbs.
Examples of directional suffixes in use:
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Animacy.
Animacy is marked by the adjective modifier "n"-, as exemplified by the contrast in the following two noun phrases.
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Vowel changes can modify the number of animate nouns:
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References.
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