ChimbuâWahgi | |
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Central East New Guinea Highlands Simbu â Western Highlands | |
Geographic distribution | Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Northeast New Guinea and/or
TransâNew Guinea?
|
Subdivisions |
|
Glottolog | cent2120 |
Map: The ChimbuâWahgi languages of New Guinea
ChimbuâWahgi languages
TransâNew Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The ChimbuâWahgi languages are a language family sometimes included in the TransâNew Guinea proposal.
There is little doubt that the ChimbuâWahgi family is valid. The languages are: [1]
Several of the ChimbuâWahgi languages have uncommon lateral consonants: see Nii, Wahgi, and Kuman for examples.
ChimbuâWahgi languages have contrastive tone. [2]
The singular pronouns are:
sg | |
---|---|
1 | *nĂĄ |
2 | *nim |
3 | *[y]Ă© |
Dual *-l and plural *-n reflect TransâNew Guinea forms.
Middle Wahgi reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma: [2]
ChimbuâWahgi | |
---|---|
Central East New Guinea Highlands Simbu â Western Highlands | |
Geographic distribution | Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Northeast New Guinea and/or
TransâNew Guinea?
|
Subdivisions |
|
Glottolog | cent2120 |
Map: The ChimbuâWahgi languages of New Guinea
ChimbuâWahgi languages
TransâNew Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The ChimbuâWahgi languages are a language family sometimes included in the TransâNew Guinea proposal.
There is little doubt that the ChimbuâWahgi family is valid. The languages are: [1]
Several of the ChimbuâWahgi languages have uncommon lateral consonants: see Nii, Wahgi, and Kuman for examples.
ChimbuâWahgi languages have contrastive tone. [2]
The singular pronouns are:
sg | |
---|---|
1 | *nĂĄ |
2 | *nim |
3 | *[y]Ă© |
Dual *-l and plural *-n reflect TransâNew Guinea forms.
Middle Wahgi reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma: [2]