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Kayagar languages
Trans–New Guinea language group of Indonesia
The Kayagar languages are a small family of four closely related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around the Cook River in Province of South Papua, Indonesia:[1]
Quick Facts Geographic distribution, Linguistic classification ...
Kayagar | |
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Cook River | |
Geographic distribution | South Papua |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Glottolog | kaya1327 |
Map: The Kayagar languages of New Guinea
The Kayagar languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
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Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1][2]
More information Gondu River, Atohwaim ...
Gondu River | Atohwaim | |||
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sg | pl | sg | pl | |
1 | *nax | *nep | naxa | nipi, neβi |
2 | *ax | *akan | axa | aʔani |
3 | *ek | *wep | – | – |
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Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
More information gloss, Proto-Gondu River ...
gloss | Proto-Gondu River |
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head | *toxom |
hair | *upm |
ear | *itipaːm |
eye | *sakam |
nose | *jup |
tooth | *o[x/ɣ]om |
tongue | *maetap |
foot/leg | *apit |
blood | *jes |
bone | *nomop |
skin/bark | *pip |
breast | *etum |
louse | *num |
dog | *epe |
pig | *wakum |
bird | *suopam |
egg | *map-jaxam |
tree/wood | *wom |
man/person | *jo[k] |
woman | *enop |
sun | *taːm |
moon | *xa[x/ɣ]atam |
water | *o[x/ɣ]om |
fire | *atu |
stone | *maitn |
path | *kamein |
name | *na[k] |
eat | *xapti |
one | *pa[x/ɣ]amo[x/k] |
two | *tousiki |
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The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)[3] and Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),[4][5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]
More information gloss, Atohwaim ...
gloss | Atohwaim | Kayagar | Tamagario |
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head | tikem | toxom | tokom |
hair | upm | owpm | upm |
ear | icoxop | iripam | ipiram |
eye | saam | saxam | sakam |
nose | opom | jup | jup |
tooth | ukoxom | oxom | ukom |
tongue | menaxaram | marap | marap |
leg | apir | apir | apir |
louse | numu | soːm | |
dog | upoc | epere; epe(re) | epe |
pig | wakum | wakum | wakum |
bird | wakem | səpam | towpam |
egg | mapiam | mapiaxam | mapiakam |
blood | wis | jes; yes | jet; yet |
bone | nömöp | namop; nəmop | nomop |
skin | piep | pip | pip |
breast | ötöm | erem | |
tree | wim | wom | wom |
man | mapirie | jo; yo | jo; yo |
woman | enepe | onop | onop |
sun | teme | taam | taam |
moon | kaʔaram | xaxaram | kakaram |
water | oxom | oxom | okom |
fire | acu | aru | aru |
stone | iki | kakup | maitu |
road, path | sepmop | xami | kame |
eat | owp | xapri | kapri |
one | papriaxap | paxamu | pakamok |
two | coopm | tosigi | totigi |
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- McElhanon, K.A. and Voorhoeve, C.L. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. B-16, vi + 112 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. doi:10.15144/PL-B16
- Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. doi:10.15144/PL-A28.47
- Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-B31
- Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Gondu River
- (ibid.) Atohwaim