Sarmi languages

Sarmi
Geographic distribution:	northern Papua
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea ? Sarmi – Jayapura Bay Sarmi
Subdivisions:	—

The family of Sarmi languages is a subgroup of the Sarmi – Jayapura Bay languages. It consists of 10 languages spoken in Papua province of Indonesia:

Anus (Korur), Bonggo, Liki, Masimasi, Podena, Sobei, Tarpia, Wakde, Yamna, Yarsun

Sound correspondences

Grace (1971:34-37) published a table of sound correspondences for the Sarmi languages, from which the following forms are gleaned. The languages are arranged from west to east.

Proto Oceanic	Sobei	Wakde	Masimasi	Anus	Bonggo	Tarpia
*api 'fire'	yafu	yafu		yeif	af	yap
*isuŋ 'nose'	su-	hiu-	si-	su-	sua-	siwi-
*susu 'breast'	sisu-	ihi-			su-	su-
*ranum 'water'	rani	ranu	ranu	dein	dan	dan
*raun 'leaf'	rau	rau	rou	dau	dau	dau
*mapine 'woman'	mefne	mafani		mofin	mofin	mupin
*manuk 'bird'	maninetio	mani	mani	mein	man	man
*pulu 'feather'	fido	firu		firo	fru	puru
*puaq 'fruit'	afo	afu	afo	fowo	fukwa	pawa
*paqoRu 'new'	fefou	afafu		fofou	fieu	pipiu
*patu 'stone'	fati	fati	fati	feit	fiat	payaʔ
*pat 'four'	fau	fau		fau	fau	pau
*tolu 'three'	tou	tou	tour	tou	tor	tor
*taliŋa 'ear'	tidi-	tiri-	tira-	terne-	təren-	tarni-
*taŋis 'cry'	-tan	-tan	-tan	-tein	tənian	-nsin
*taumataq 'person'	temto	tamturi		timot	tumuat	tamuʔ
*kutu 'louse'	kute	witi		kut	kut	kuʔ
*kulit 'skin'	wadi	wari	wiri	keri	kru	kuru
*qone 'sand'	wane	wane	wane	wen	wen	wen
*qasawa 'spouse'	eson	ahun		sawe	sua	tawa

References

• Grace, George W. (1971). Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast. Oceanic Linguistics 10:11-37.
• Ross, Malcolm (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
• Proto Oceanic basic vocabulary database
• Ethnologue report for Sarmi