Manubaran languages

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The Manubaran languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around Mount Brown in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea. They are classified within the Southeast Papuan branch of TransNew Guinea.

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Manubaran
Mount Brown
Geographic
distribution
Mount Brown, southeastern peninsula of Papua New Guinea:
Central Province
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
Glottologmanu1261
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Languages

The languages are Doromu and Maria, and are 63% lexically similar.

Proto-language

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Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[2]

*m*n
*p*t*k
*b*d*g
*s[*h]
*w*j

Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.

Pronouns

Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[2]

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1 *na*[o/u]na
2 *ja
3 *ina
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Basic vocabulary

Usher (2020)

Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Mount Brown and Proto-Doromu-Koki, as well as Proto-Gebi and Proto-Maria, by Usher (2020) are:[2]

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glossProto-Mount BrownProto-Doromu-KokiProto-GebiProto-Maria
head *ada*adaada*ada
hair/feather(s) *u[w]e[t/k]a*u[w]etauweta*u[w]eʔa
ear *anema*anemaanema*anema
eye *ne*nene-unane[ʔ]una
nose *uɾuma*uɾumauruma*uɾuma
tooth *gade*gadegadi*gade
tongue *api[j]e*aɸi[j]eapi*aɸi[j]e
blood *daweʔa*dawaʔadawa*daweʔa
bone *nena*nenanena*nena
skin/bark *ɾoʔo*ɾoʔolo-o*ɾoʔo
breast *sisu*sisusisu*hihu
louse *gu[w]e*gu[w]egu-e*gu[w]e
dog *auna*aunaauna*auna
pig *dona*donadona*dona
bird *eɾena*eɾenaeerma*eɾena
egg *unema*unemaunema*unema
tree *jabo*jaboiabo*jabo
man/husband *ami[j]e*ami[j]eamie*ami[j]e
woman/wife *ɾema*ɾemalema
sun *me[i]daʔa*me[i]daʔameda*me[i]daʔa
moon *ejoʔa*ejoʔoe-io*ejoʔa
water/river *koɾu*koɾuoru ≈ koro-*ʔoɾu
fire *ita*itaita*iha
stone *waʔigawaiga*waʔiga
path *ida*idaida
name *ɾoka*ɾoka*ɾoʔa
eat/drink *iɾi-*iɾi-*iɾi-
one *jokohi*jokoijokio*joʔohi
two *[ɾ/j]ema*[ɾ]emalema*jema
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Ross (2014)

The following basic vocabulary words of Proto-Manubaran and lower-level reconstructions by Malcolm Ross (2014)[3][4][5] are from the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]

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glossProto-ManubaranProto-DoromuProto-Maria
head *ada*ada*ada
hair *weʔia*ue-ta*ueʔa
ear *ane-ma*ane-ma*ane-ma
eye *ne(u)*ne(-)*ne-
nose *uru-ma*uru-ma*uru-ma
tooth *gade*gade*gade
tongue *afie*afie*ahie
leg *[n,y]u-ka*yu-ka*nu-ʔa; *one-ʔa
louse *gue*gue*gue
dog *auna*auna*auna
pig *Dona*dona*tona
bird *erena*erena*erena
egg *une-ma*une-ma*une-ma
blood *tava*tae(k,ʔ)a
bone *nena*nena*nena
skin *roʔ(o,a)*ro(a)*roʔ(o,a)
tree *yabo*yabo*yabo
man *amie*amie*amie
woman *rema*oue
sky *gure*gure*gure
sun *maida(ka)*meida(ka)*maidaʔa
moon *e(y)oʔa; *mohe- (?)*eoʔa
water *koru*koru*ʔoru
fire *ita*ita*ita
stone *fore*vaʔiga
name *roka*roka*roʔa-ba
eat *iri-*iri*iri-
one *yokohi*yokoima*yoʔohi
two *(ye)(ka)ma[nu]*re-manu*ye-ma
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Evolution

Maria reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[7]

  • ama ‘mother’ < *am(a,i)
  • baba(e) ‘father’ < *mbapa
  • kuyaucassowary’ < *ku(y)a
  • ita(isa) ‘tree’ < *inda

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