- Source: Sepik Hill languages
The Sepik Hill languages form the largest and most ramified branch of the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the southern margin of the Sepik floodplain in the foothills of Central Range of south-central East Sepik Province.
Languages
The languages according to Usher (2020) are,
Sepik Hills
Saniyo-Hiyewe
Southwest Sepik Hills: Niksek (Paka, Gabiano), Piame, Hewa
Bahinemo–Berinomo
East Sepik Hills (Alamblak etc.)
The languages according to Foley (2018) are:
Sepik Hill
Eastern (Alamblak etc.)
Central (Bahinemo etc.)
Western: Saniyo-Hiyewe, Paka (Setiali), Gabiano (Niksek), Piame, Bikaru, Umairof, Hewa
Other than disagreement at to what is a language or a dialect (Glottolog, for example, concludes that the 'Bikaru' language is probably spurious, and doesn't list Umairof at all), the only difference from Usher is in combining Sanio with the Southwest Sepik Hills languages as a Western branch.
Pronouns
Pronouns in Sepik Hill languages:
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from Davies & Comrie (1985), Dye et al. (1968), Foley (2005), Macdonald (1973), and various SIL field notes, as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ɲinga, ningaw, nikha for “eye”) or not (e.g. wabo, nuŋgař, yerɛpm for “bird”).
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:
- Tumbuhan dan hewan terdomestikasi di Austronesia
- Sepik Hill languages
- Sepik languages
- Sepik–Ramu languages
- Bahinemo languages
- Alamblak languages
- Alamblak language
- Tayap language
- Torricelli languages
- Niksek language
- Papuan languages
