Amele (Amele: Sona) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Huar, Jagahala and Haija. Amele is notable for having 32 possessive classes. Phonology Amele has only 5 vowels: /i, ɛ, æ, u, ɔ/. Grammar Amele has seven tense-aspect categories, including four past tenses: past habitual remote past yesterday’s past today’s past plus present future relative future References External links Alphabet and pronunciation Gum languages Languages of Madang Province