MomunaâMek | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | central New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
|
Proto-language | Proto-MomunaâMek |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
The MomunaâMek languages are a group of TransâNew Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.
The languages of MomunaâMek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language. [1]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows: [1]
m | n | |||
p | t | k | kÊ· | |
b | d | g | gÊ· | |
s | ||||
w | l | j |
i | u | |
e | o | |
É | É | |
a | É |
ei | ou |
Éi | Éu |
ai | au |
aÉ | aÉ |
Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed: [1]
sg | pl | |
---|---|---|
1 | *na | |
2 | *kÉn | |
3 | *tun |
MomunaâMek | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | central New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
TransâNew Guinea
|
Proto-language | Proto-MomunaâMek |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
The MomunaâMek languages are a group of TransâNew Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.
The languages of MomunaâMek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language. [1]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows: [1]
m | n | |||
p | t | k | kÊ· | |
b | d | g | gÊ· | |
s | ||||
w | l | j |
i | u | |
e | o | |
É | É | |
a | É |
ei | ou |
Éi | Éu |
ai | au |
aÉ | aÉ |
Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed: [1]
sg | pl | |
---|---|---|
1 | *na | |
2 | *kÉn | |
3 | *tun |