AsmatâMuli Strait | |
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Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
|
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
Map: The Asmat-Muli Strait languages of New Guinea
The AsmatâKamrau Bay languages
The Muli Strait languages
Other TransâNew Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The AsmatâMuli Strait languages are a branch of the TransâNew Guinea languages spoken along the southern coast of Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter. [1]
Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoÉŁ 'breast'. [1]
AsmatâMuli Strait consists of two primary subgroups: [2]
Proto-AsmatâMuli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels: [1]
*m | *n | ||
*p | *t | *k | |
*(m)b | *(n)d | *(Ĺ)g | |
*s | |||
*w | *Éž | *j |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: [1]
gloss | Proto-Asmat-Muli | Proto-Asmat-Kamrau | Proto-Muli Strait |
---|---|---|---|
head/hair | *gVɸV | *uɸu | *ÉŁoĚp, *ÉŁoĚw |
ear | *iaɸVnV | *iaɸ[a/o]ne | *ieĚpĂŚr |
nose/tip | *mVnVgV | *m[e/a]n[e] | *mĂŚneĚÉŁ |
tooth/sharp | *sisV | *sisV | *-sir |
blood | *[i/e]sV | *ese | *ir |
breast | *awVgV | *awo | *abuÉŁ |
louse | *amV | *amo | *am |
dog | *iuwuÉži | *juwuÉži | *i[u]bui |
pig | *[o/u]ɸV | *oɸo | *up |
egg | *[o]k[a] | *oka | |
sun | *jau[a] | *jawu | *zaua |
water | *mVi | *moi | *moĚi |
name | *uase | *uwase | *ur |
eat | *nV | *nV | *noĚku |
AsmatâMuli Strait | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
|
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
Map: The Asmat-Muli Strait languages of New Guinea
The AsmatâKamrau Bay languages
The Muli Strait languages
Other TransâNew Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The AsmatâMuli Strait languages are a branch of the TransâNew Guinea languages spoken along the southern coast of Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter. [1]
Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoÉŁ 'breast'. [1]
AsmatâMuli Strait consists of two primary subgroups: [2]
Proto-AsmatâMuli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels: [1]
*m | *n | ||
*p | *t | *k | |
*(m)b | *(n)d | *(Ĺ)g | |
*s | |||
*w | *Éž | *j |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: [1]
gloss | Proto-Asmat-Muli | Proto-Asmat-Kamrau | Proto-Muli Strait |
---|---|---|---|
head/hair | *gVɸV | *uɸu | *ÉŁoĚp, *ÉŁoĚw |
ear | *iaɸVnV | *iaɸ[a/o]ne | *ieĚpĂŚr |
nose/tip | *mVnVgV | *m[e/a]n[e] | *mĂŚneĚÉŁ |
tooth/sharp | *sisV | *sisV | *-sir |
blood | *[i/e]sV | *ese | *ir |
breast | *awVgV | *awo | *abuÉŁ |
louse | *amV | *amo | *am |
dog | *iuwuÉži | *juwuÉži | *i[u]bui |
pig | *[o/u]ɸV | *oɸo | *up |
egg | *[o]k[a] | *oka | |
sun | *jau[a] | *jawu | *zaua |
water | *mVi | *moi | *moĚi |
name | *uase | *uwase | *ur |
eat | *nV | *nV | *noĚku |