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Papuan language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Asmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages spoken along the southern coast of Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter.[1]
Asmat–Muli Strait | |
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Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
Map: The Asmat-Muli Strait languages of New Guinea
The Asmat–Kamrau Bay languages
The Muli Strait languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
Protoforms of basic vocabulary include *moi 'water', *iafVnV 'ear', *uase 'name', *awoɣ 'breast'.[1]
Asmat–Muli Strait consists of two primary subgroups:[2]
Proto-Asmat–Muli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels:[1]
*m | *n | ||
*p | *t | *k | |
*(m)b | *(n)d | *(ŋ)g | |
*s | |||
*w | *ɾ | *j |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
gloss | Proto-Asmat-Muli | Proto-Asmat-Kamrau | Proto-Muli Strait |
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head/hair | *gVɸV | *uɸu | *ɣo̝p, *ɣo̝w |
ear | *iaɸVnV | *iaɸ[a/o]ne | *ie̝pær |
nose/tip | *mVnVgV | *m[e/a]n[e] | *mæne̝ɣ |
tooth/sharp | *sisV | *sisV | *-sir |
blood | *[i/e]sV | *ese | *ir |
breast | *awVgV | *awo | *abuɣ |
louse | *amV | *amo | *am |
dog | *iuwuɾi | *juwuɾi | *i[u]bui |
pig | *[o/u]ɸV | *oɸo | *up |
egg | *[o]k[a] | *oka | |
sun | *jau[a] | *jawu | *zaua |
water | *mVi | *moi | *mo̝i |
name | *uase | *uwase | *ur |
eat | *nV | *nV | *no̝ku |
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