Gants language

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

Gants
Gaj
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	2,500 (2015)[1]
Language family	Madang Southern Adelbert Sogeram Gants
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gao
Glottolog	gant1244

Classification

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

Pronouns

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

	sg	pl
1	ya	a-yu
2	na	na-yu
3	nu	ni-(y)u

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