Gants language

Gants
Gants
Gaj
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	2,500 (2015)
Language family	Madang Southern Adelbert Sogeram Gants; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gao
Glottolog	gant1244

Gants, or in native orthography Gaj, is a Madang language of Papua New Guinea.

Classification

Daniels (2017), following Pawley, classifies Gants as an East Sogeram language, with Kursav as its closest relative.^[2] Usher concurs.

Gants pronouns may be compared with those of other Madang languages:^[2]

The roots ya, na, nu, a-, na-, n(i)- correspond to proto-Sogeram *ya, *na, *nu/*nɨ, *a-, *na-, *nɨ-.

^ Gants at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ ^a ^b Daniels, Don. 2017. Gants is a Sogeram Language. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 82-93.

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