The Abinomn language (Avinomen, Foya ) is a likely language isolate initially reported by Mark Donohue from Papua province, Indonesia. It is also known as Avinomen, Baso (deprecated), and Foia. There are about 300 speakers.

Classification

Abinomn is not closely related to any other language, and its closest relatives are unknown. It is generally treated as a language isolate.

Neighboring languages

Although surrounded by Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn highly differs from Lakes Plain. For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language. Languages adjacent to Abinomn are:

Phonology

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Labial ! rowspan="2" | Alveolar ! rowspan="2" | Palatal ! colspan="2" | Velar ! plain ! labial ! colspan="2" | Nasal ! rowspan="2" | Plosive/ Affricate ! voiceless ! voiced ! rowspan="2" | Fricative ! voiceless ! voiced ! colspan="2" | Rhotic ! colspan="2" | Approximant

Pronouns

The Abinomn pronouns are: ! colspan="2" | singular ! colspan="2" | dual ! colspan="2" | plural

Number inflection

Number inflection for selected Abinomn nouns showing suppletive forms, as listed in Foley (2018): ! gloss !! singular !! dual !! plural