Manubaran languages
| Manubaran | |
|---|---|
| Mount Brown | |
| Geographic distribution | Mount Brown, southeastern peninsula of Papua New Guinea: Central Province |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Glottolog | manu1261 |
The Manubaran languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around Mount Brown in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea. They are classified within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans–New Guinea.
Languages
The languages are Doromu and Maria, and are 63% lexically similar.
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[2]
*m *n *p *t *k *ʔ *b *d *g *s [*h] *w *ɾ *j
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[2]
sg pl 1 *na *[o/u]na 2 *ja 3 *ina
Evolution
Maria reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[3]
- ama ‘mother’ < *am(a,i)
- baba(e) ‘father’ < *mbapa
- kuyau ‘cassowary’ < *ku(y)a
- ita(isa) ‘tree’ < *inda
References
- ^ New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
- ^ a b New Guinea World, Mount Brown
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". 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. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
- (ibid.) Proto–Mount Brown
Further reading
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Manubaran. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Maria. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Doromu. TransNewGuinea.org.