- Source: Goilalan languages
The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family spoken around the Wharton Range in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages by Stephen Wurm (1975), but only tentatively retained there in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005) and removed entirely by Timothy Usher (2020).
Languages
The languages are,
Fuyug
Tauade
Northern (Kunimaipa): Biangai, Kunimaipa, Weri
The languages are clearly related, especially northern Biagai, Kunimaipa, and Weri, which might be considered divergent dialects.
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
Northern: 1SG ne, 2SG ni, 3SG pi
Tauade/Fuyug: 1SG na, 2SG nu
Tauade also has the possessive pronouns ne-ve, ni-e.
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1973, 1975, 1980), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ʒuvalo, kupal'iai for “two”) or not (e.g. gadolo, kepapaí for “ear”). Notice the very low number of cognate pairs.
Evolution
Fuyuge reflexes of purported proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:
baba ‘father’ < *mbapa
sabe ‘saliva’ < *si(mb,p)at
magata ‘mouth, jaw’ < *maŋgat[a]
mele-pila ‘tongue’ < *mele-mbilaŋ
imu ‘eye’ < *(ŋg,k)amu
ije ‘tree’ < *inda
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rumpun bahasa Trans-Nugini
- Goilalan languages
- Binanderean–Goilalan languages
- Trans–New Guinea languages
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- Indo-Pacific languages
- Greater Binanderean languages
- Kunimaipa language
- Tauade language
- Fuyug language
- Goilala
