Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
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Guertjens (1933: 373-383) large vocabulary of Sangaseesch (Atih)
Drabbe (1955: 13-15) brief description of and (pp. 148-151) 98 comparative terms for Wester (West) and Atih dialects
Lebold, Kriens and de Vries (2010: 46-56) 240 comparative terms for Alaku, Ihalik, Kaptel and Sanggase villages and 69 comparative terms for Kaniskobat, Makaling, Nakias, Okaba, Poepe, Tagaepe and Wambi villages
West Marind has 17 consonants and 5 vowels as follows:
| m | n | |||
| p | t | k | ||
| b | d | g | ||
| mb | nd | ŋg | ||
| s | h | |||
| hʷ | l | hʲ | ɣ |
| i | u | |
| e | o | |
| a |
The main phonological difference between the Imah and Atih dialects is that Atih reflects velar non-stop /*ɣ/ as /ʕ/ [ʔ ø h].
Non-stops /hʷ hʲ/ reflect Marind /*w *j/.
Drabbe (1955: 150-151) gives nominative pronouns for West and Atih dialects as follows, with third person forms distinguished from one another by gender ablaut:
| West | Atih | |
| 1 sg. | nok | nok |
| 2 sg. | oɣ | o |
| 3 sg. m. | anep | anep |
| 3 sg. f. | anup | anup |
| 1 pl. | nok ke | nok ke |
| 2 pl. | eoɣ | eo |
| 3 pl. | anip | anip |
No other case forms are available.
No information is available on West Marind verbal morphology.