South Pauwasi languages
Language family of New Guinea
| South Pauwasi | |
|---|---|
| Yetfa – South Pauwasi River | |
| Geographic distribution | Papua: Pegunungan Bintang Regency |
| Linguistic classification | Pauwasi
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| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | None |
The South Pauwasi languages are a likely small language family of New Guinea, potentially consisting of Yetfa, Kimki, Lepki, Murkim and Kembra.[1]
Classification
Usher (2020) classifies the languages as follows,[1]
- Yetfa – South Pauwasi River
- Yetfa
- South Pauwasi River
- Kimki
- Lepki–Murkim
- Kembra
- Lepki
- Murkim
The relationship of the five languages was recognized in the early 2000s as Paul Whitehouse assembled unpublished data from the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Usher classifies them as a branch of the Pauwasi language family.[1] Søren Wichmann (2013) agrees that Murkim and Lepki at least appear to be very closely related.[2] Foley (2018) accepts that Kembra, which is very poorly attested, may be related as well.[3]
Cognates
Some cognates connecting the languages are as follows. There are also loanwords in common with Pyu.[1]
South Pauwasi cognates gloss Yetfa Kimki Kembra Lepki Murkim water ket, kel di er kɛl kel two kais kaisi kais head anok no-tɛl anok leaf bwaitʰ (?) -βai bwaik skin/bark it-'ba jit jaitʰ worm briɸ brɛp breɸ louse (n)jim -nim nim nɪm ɪm hair itʰ -jet jɛt ear bwa bwi bwi eye iː ɛ̃ ji jɛ-mɔn coconut was- wæjs wais- speech ma mi mi- mi knife tema tma tə̆'ma tma canoe kuf õːp kuβ kuɸ shit ɲan ain -ɲa njah ~ iãh person ap ~ aɸ rá- ra ɸra egg nela -lĕl dɛl nel fire/wood jao (tree) já ja jo ~ ja- house nam meː nim mi laugh mamla -mwel-o mwalo this si si si cloud kos kos- kos- tongue arbak braw prouk tail nókwa jouk jakʷat~ɲakʷat white lʊ dol- lol far uje~udʒe w̆ijɛ wije~uje- come -ki- guj- kʷi 1pl name nakme 2pl same sakme-re
References
- ^ a b c d New Guinea World, South Pauwasi River
- ^ Wichmann, Søren. 2013. A classification of Papuan languages. In: Hammarström, Harald and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.), History, contact and classification of Papuan languages (Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, Special Issue 2012), 313-386. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, proto–South Pauwasi River
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
(Palmer 2018 classification)
subgroups
| Central Papua, Indonesia | |
|---|---|
| Southeast Papua, Indonesia | |
| Southwest Papua New Guinea | |
| Central Papua New Guinea | |
| Papuan Peninsula |
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
| Torricelli subgroups | |
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| Sepik subgroups | |
| Ramu subgroups |
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families and isolates
families and isolates
isolate
- West Papuan
- Northwest Papuan
- South Pauwasi
- East Papuan
- Southeast Papuan
- Papuan Gulf
- Binanderean–Goilalan
- Arai–Samaia
- Asmat–Mombum
- Trans-Fly–Bulaka River
- Trans-Fly
- Dani–Kwerba
- East Bird's Head – Sentani
- Kwomtari–Fas
- Left May – Kwomtari
- Tor–Kwerba–Nimboran
- West Trans–New Guinea
- West Papuan Highlands
- Central and South New Guinea
- Central West New Guinea
- East New Guinea Highlands
- Yele – West New Britain
- Sepik–Ramu
- Indo-Pacific
