Marangis language


Marangis a.k.a. Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a Ramu – Lower Sepik language family.
It is spoken in the two villages of:
The pronominal system of Watam has a four-way distinction, with there being a paucal number for pronouns in addition to singular, dual, and plural.

Nouns

Nominal plural formatives include:

Verbs

Watam verbal conjugation for the verb ndo ‘to see’: