Marangis language
# 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:

* Watam village, Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province (3°54′24″S 144°32′43″E﻿ / ﻿3.906592°S 144.545246°E﻿ / -3.906592; 144.545246﻿ (Watam))
* Marangis village, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province (4°00′51″S 144°36′20″E﻿ / ﻿4.014075°S 144.605629°E﻿ / -4.014075; 144.605629﻿ (Marangis))

## Pronouns

The pronominal system of Watam has a four-way distinction, with there being a paucal ("a few", "more than two") number for pronouns in addition to singular, dual, and plural.

    personsingulardualpaucalplural 1st yakaŋgaapakae 2nd unoŋgoniŋgane 3rd mamiŋgamiŋgamin

## Nouns

Nominal plural formatives include:

    glosssingularplural ‘ear’kwarkwair ‘elbow’tutuptutpemb ‘buttocks’toktoke ‘leg’ororar ‘man’namotnamtar ‘girl’namoŋnavgor ‘nose’ŋgumgubeb ‘bandicoot’maŋemmaŋbar ‘sago’wakwik ‘betelnut’meɲjakmiɲjik

## Verbs

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

    tenseverbal form present ndo-ta present ndo-ri future ndo-na(n) imperative ndo
