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Gogodala–Suki languages

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Gogodala–Suki
Suki – Aramia River
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Linguistic classificationPapuan Gulf ?
  • Gogodala–Suki
Subdivisions
Glottologsuki1244
Map: The Gogodala–Suki languages of New Guinea
  The Gogodala–Suki languages
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

The Gogodala–Suki languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. The four language are clearly related.

Pronouns are:

sg pl
1 *ne ?
2 *a *de

References

  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.