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Wogamus | |
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Geographic distribution | Wogamush River, western East Sepik Province, in the Upper Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
Sepik
|
Glottolog | woga1248 |
The Wogamus languages are a pair of closely related languages,
They are classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea; Malcolm Ross and William A. Foley (2018) [2] place them in the Upper Sepik branch of that family.
The Wogamus languages are spoken along the banks of the Wogamush River and Sepik River in western East Sepik Province, just to the east of the Iwam languages.
Wogamus languages have noun classes reminiscent of those found in Bantu languages. Noun classes in Wogamusin and Chenapian are listed below, with Wogamusin -um ‘three’ and Chenapian -mu ‘three’ used as examples. [2]
Class no. | Semantic category | Wogamusin prefix | Chenapian prefix | Wogamusin example | Chenapian example |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | humans | s(i)- | s(i)- | s-um | si-mu |
2 | higher animals: dogs, pigs, etc. | r- | gw- | r-um | gw-umu |
3 | plants, trees, vines, etc. | b- | b- | b-um | b-umu |
4 | no specific pattern | h- | n- | h-um | n-əmu |
5 | no specific pattern | ŋgw- | kw- | ŋgw-um | kw-umu |
The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database. [3] The Wogamusin data is from Foley (2005) [4] and Laycock (1968), [5] and the Chenapian data is from SIL field notes (1983).
gloss | Chenapian | Wogamusin |
---|---|---|
head | toapᵒ; tuwap | towam |
hair | taoɛnavon; taunabon | |
ear | gwabuo; ugwabə | mam |
eye | džinano; ǰinino | li |
nose | mɨnɨk; munɩk | boliŋ |
tooth | diu; duɨʔ | ndəl; ndɨl |
tongue | taun; ton | taliyen |
leg | soʷanaup; šonawəp | su |
louse | damian; dəmiaʔ | tetak |
dog | gwara; ogwara | wal |
pig | kᵘo; ku | |
bird | džɛosiʔ; ǰɛoši | yah |
egg | noə; ṣⁱu no | |
blood | ne; nᵊe | noh |
bone | dža; ǰa· | rubwi |
skin | bɩn; bön | mbe |
breast | mu; muʔ | muk |
tree | məntəp; montoap | mbotom |
man | tama; tamö | tam |
woman | tauwo; tawö | taw |
sun | džabɨn; ǰaƀan | yam |
moon | nu | luh |
water | džoʔ; ǰoʔ | yək; yɨk |
fire | un | kur |
stone | nogɛrao; noguařo | noŋg |
road, path | uni | |
name | tamgu | |
one | nař; sⁱərəʔ | a (M); ed (F) |
two | ǰⁱək; nɛsi; ṣiṣi | nwis |
This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {{
lang}}, {{
transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{
IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate
ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's
multilingual support templates may also be used. (June 2021) |
Wogamus | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | Wogamush River, western East Sepik Province, in the Upper Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
Sepik
|
Glottolog | woga1248 |
The Wogamus languages are a pair of closely related languages,
They are classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea; Malcolm Ross and William A. Foley (2018) [2] place them in the Upper Sepik branch of that family.
The Wogamus languages are spoken along the banks of the Wogamush River and Sepik River in western East Sepik Province, just to the east of the Iwam languages.
Wogamus languages have noun classes reminiscent of those found in Bantu languages. Noun classes in Wogamusin and Chenapian are listed below, with Wogamusin -um ‘three’ and Chenapian -mu ‘three’ used as examples. [2]
Class no. | Semantic category | Wogamusin prefix | Chenapian prefix | Wogamusin example | Chenapian example |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | humans | s(i)- | s(i)- | s-um | si-mu |
2 | higher animals: dogs, pigs, etc. | r- | gw- | r-um | gw-umu |
3 | plants, trees, vines, etc. | b- | b- | b-um | b-umu |
4 | no specific pattern | h- | n- | h-um | n-əmu |
5 | no specific pattern | ŋgw- | kw- | ŋgw-um | kw-umu |
The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database. [3] The Wogamusin data is from Foley (2005) [4] and Laycock (1968), [5] and the Chenapian data is from SIL field notes (1983).
gloss | Chenapian | Wogamusin |
---|---|---|
head | toapᵒ; tuwap | towam |
hair | taoɛnavon; taunabon | |
ear | gwabuo; ugwabə | mam |
eye | džinano; ǰinino | li |
nose | mɨnɨk; munɩk | boliŋ |
tooth | diu; duɨʔ | ndəl; ndɨl |
tongue | taun; ton | taliyen |
leg | soʷanaup; šonawəp | su |
louse | damian; dəmiaʔ | tetak |
dog | gwara; ogwara | wal |
pig | kᵘo; ku | |
bird | džɛosiʔ; ǰɛoši | yah |
egg | noə; ṣⁱu no | |
blood | ne; nᵊe | noh |
bone | dža; ǰa· | rubwi |
skin | bɩn; bön | mbe |
breast | mu; muʔ | muk |
tree | məntəp; montoap | mbotom |
man | tama; tamö | tam |
woman | tauwo; tawö | taw |
sun | džabɨn; ǰaƀan | yam |
moon | nu | luh |
water | džoʔ; ǰoʔ | yək; yɨk |
fire | un | kur |
stone | nogɛrao; noguařo | noŋg |
road, path | uni | |
name | tamgu | |
one | nař; sⁱərəʔ | a (M); ed (F) |
two | ǰⁱək; nɛsi; ṣiṣi | nwis |