Mantion–Meyah languages
(Redirected from East Bird's Head languages)
| Mantion–Meyah | |
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| East Bird's Head | |
| Geographic distribution | Papua |
| Linguistic classification | West Papuan?
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| Glottolog | east1459 |
 East Bird's Head languages (in red) | |
The Mantion–Meyah or (South) East Bird's Head languages are a language family of three languages in the "Bird's Head Peninsula" of western New Guinea, spoken by all together 20,000 people.
Classification[edit]
East Bird's Head stock (3 languages)
Pronouns[edit]
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for the proto-language (Usher's Southeast Bird's Head) are:
Number Person Singular Plural exclusive inclusive 1st *da, *di- *meme, *me- *mimi, *mi- 2nd *ba, *bi- *ia, *i- 3rd *e, *- *rua, *ri-
Basic vocabulary[edit]
Lexical similarities among East Bird's Head languages (Meyah, Moskona, Sougb, Hatam, Mansim) listed in Holton & Klamer (2018):[1]
East Bird's Head family basic vocabulary gloss Meyah Moskona Sougb Hatam Mansim ‘bird’ mem mem ba hab waw ‘louse’ mej mej mem mem ‘one’ egens erges hom gom wom ‘night’ motu mot loba mmun ‘I’ didif dif dan dani danu
Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary quoted by Holton & Klamer (2018)[1] from Miedema & Reesink (2004: 34) and (Reesink 2005: 202), showing diverse non-cognate vocabulary across different branches:[2][3]
Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary gloss Meyah Moskona Sougb Hatam arm/hand etma etma s(i)ra ndab leg/foot aki egak/oko ohora mig house mod mod tu ig good oufa ojfa eigouh kei dog mes mes mihi nsien pig mek mek hwej nab chicken mongkukar memkoar berougb guri louse mej mej mem mem water/river mei mij uhu nyei banana meni nej wida
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975)[4] and Miedema & Welling (1985),[5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]
gloss Manikion Meyah Meyah (Akrin dialect) Meyah (Mumbrani dialect) Meyah (Etskebi dialect) Meyah (Miun dialect) Meyah (Anason dialect) Moskona Moskona (Merdey dialect) head mogt ibirfa méwifa miːfa méwèr èwit iwir ibre biwèr hair mokodi feji méwifesi miːfèsyi meyfreits iwirèfes iwirèreys feja biwèrfesyé eye ma-i resi itec yetèts mitèt eytet(s) mèntèt mèteys iteja bitèts tooth mokta bufon mufon mufon bufon(afon) fon mefon ifon mu(o)fuon leg mohoti-muʔ maki maki maːki meyak ipèk ikak igaka daki louse kuta mec mèːt mè(i)t(s) meys mais meys meyds mèts dog mehi mes mès mès mèt(y) mèyt mèt mès pig hweij mek mèk mèk -ui; mèk-us mèk mèk mèːk mèk bird ba mem mèm mèm mèm mèm meːm mem mèm egg moʔwuʔ ofou òfeu afo(i) ofo(i) mémafu(i) afeː efiː ofug ofow blood mokuhi mugufu okguwu m(u)fora -axof aguf agof ifugwa oxwofi bone mori mofora acfora (m)ogu(e) afar or c(a)fon ikofa ofora skin mos mofos a(o)wos muos menkar afuots awuot(y) mosho muos tree sako merga mèga òkàwu(n) merga apow akow mergowoho okow man giji nuna dusnok mona iːs isosk isnok eris runa sun idesi; igda mowa mowa mauwa mauw mouw mauwa mau mou water tohu mei mey mey miː mey miy mei mey fire smow mowoxo maːx maːx merax maːx merax merah mèrax stone idahabu mamu mamu mami mox(w)om mekom maukom mamo muosgoni name moxo mofoka dufòkah mufaka bou(y)ok ifap iwuok iwoko buoka eat eth etmar mit miːt mièt mit menèt itmar bitmar one hom ergens èrgèns èrgèns èrgèns afims arfins erges èrgèns two huay ergek ègeka èrgèk argak afik èrfik ergak ergak
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Miedema, Jelle and Ger P. Reesink. 2004. One Head, Many Faces: New perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Leiden: KITLV.
- ^ Reesink, Ger P. 2005. West Papuan languages: roots and development. In: Pawley et al. (eds.) 185–218.
- ^ Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-B31
- ^ Miedema, J. and Welling, F.I. "Fieldnotes on languages and dialects in the Kebar district, Bird's Head, Irian Jaya". In Adams, K., Lauck, L., Miedema, J., Welling, F., Stokhof, W., Flassy, D., Oguri, H., Collier, K., Gregerson, K., Phinnemore, T., Scorza, D., Davies, J., Comrie, B. and Abbott, S. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 22. A-63:29-52. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1985. doi:10.15144/PL-A63.29
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
Further reading[edit]
- Reesink, Ger P. (2002). "The Eastern Bird's Head Languages Compared". In Ger P. Reesink (ed.). Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head. Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 524. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 1–44. hdl:1885/146144.