Kapori–Sause_languages

Kapauri–Sause languages

Kapauri–Sause languages

Kwerbic language family of Indonesia


The Kapauri–Sause (Kapori–Sause) languages form a small language family spoken along the middle Taritatu River in the Jayapura Regency of Papua, Indonesia. They are two languages, Kapauri (Kapori) and Sause, which are not particularly close.

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Classification

There is a history of linking at least Kapauri to the Kaure languages (see Kaure–Kapori languages). However, they show no particular affiliation, and Kapauri appears to be closer to Kwerba. Usher demonstrated a connection instead with another erstwhile isolate, Sause, together forming a branch of Kwerbic.[1] A partial reconstruction of proto-Kapauri–Sause can be found there.

Proto-language

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows. Apparent gaps may be due to poverty of data (e.g., there are /p/, /ɸ/ and /ɡ/ in the languages, but as of 2020 they have not been reconstructed for the protolanguage):[1]

*m*n
*t*s*k
*b
*w*j*h
*i*u
*e*o
*a [*aː]

Pronouns

Pronouns are reconstructed as follow.[1]

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Basic vocabulary

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]

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References


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