Kalamang is member of the West Bomberai branch of the Trans-New Guinea language family. It is spoken by about 100 people on Karas Island, one of the Karas Islands off the Bomberai Peninsula in the Fakfak Regency in the south of West Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in the villages of Antalisa (ta'misen) on the northeast coast of Karas, and Mas (se'wa) on the southeast coast of Karas.
Kalamang is also known as Karas. It can be written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Kalamang (Excel)
C, F and J are only used in words borrowed from Indonesian. The pronunciation of C and J can vary.
Andain, waktu an tok kecil, an tok cicaun, an me an kanggeiran hanya pasier, kolak. Goginggir waruon min. Godung kolak, ecien kanggeit osepko, pasierko, kanggeit terus.
I alone, when I was young, I just played in the sea and in the forest. In the afternoon [I] swam and slept. In the morning (to the) mountains, return and play at the beach, in the sea, continue playing.
Source: A grammar of Kalamang by Eline Visser.
Information about Kalamang | Numbers
Information about Kalamang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamang_language
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/344
https://ids.clld.org/contributions/844
https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/berau-gulf/west-bomberai/kalamang
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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