Manubaran languages
| Manubaran | |
|---|---|
| Mount Brown | |
| Geographic distribution | Mount Brown, southeastern peninsula of Papua New Guinea: Central Province |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Glottolog | manu1261 |
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 Trans–New Guinea.
Languages
The languages are Doromu and Maria, and are 63% lexically similar.
Proto-language
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[2]
*m *n *p *t *k *ʔ *b *d *g *s [*h] *w *ɾ *j
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[2]
sg pl 1 *na *[o/u]na 2 *ja 3 *ina
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]
gloss Proto-Mount Brown Proto-Doromu-Koki Proto-Gebi Proto-Maria head *ada *ada ada *ada hair/feather(s) *u[w]e[t/k]a *u[w]eta uweta *u[w]eʔa ear *anema *anema anema *anema eye *ne *ne ne-una ne[ʔ]una nose *uɾuma *uɾuma uruma *uɾuma tooth *gade *gade gadi *gade tongue *api[j]e *aɸi[j]e api *aɸi[j]e blood *daweʔa *dawaʔa dawa *daweʔa bone *nena *nena nena *nena skin/bark *ɾoʔo *ɾoʔo lo-o *ɾoʔo breast *sisu *sisu sisu *hihu louse *gu[w]e *gu[w]e gu-e *gu[w]e dog *auna *auna auna *auna pig *dona *dona dona *dona bird *eɾena *eɾena eerma *eɾena egg *unema *unema unema *unema tree *jabo *jabo iabo *jabo man/husband *ami[j]e *ami[j]e amie *ami[j]e woman/wife *ɾema *ɾema lema sun *me[i]daʔa *me[i]daʔa meda *me[i]daʔa moon *ejoʔa *ejoʔo e-io *ejoʔa water/river *koɾu *koɾu oru ≈ koro- *ʔoɾu fire *ita *ita ita *iha stone *waʔiga waiga *waʔiga path *ida *ida ida name *ɾoka *ɾoka *ɾoʔa eat/drink *iɾi- *iɾi- *iɾi- one *jokohi *jokoi jokio *joʔohi two *[ɾ/j]ema *[ɾ]ema lema *jema
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]
gloss Proto-Manubaran Proto-Doromu Proto-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
Evolution
Maria reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[7]
- ama ‘mother’ < *am(a,i)
- baba(e) ‘father’ < *mbapa
- kuyau ‘cassowary’ < *ku(y)a
- ita(isa) ‘tree’ < *inda
References
- ^ New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
- ^ a b c New Guinea World, Mount Brown
- ^ Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Manubaran. TransNewGuinea.org.
- ^ Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Maria. TransNewGuinea.org.
- ^ Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Doromu. TransNewGuinea.org.
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". 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. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Further reading
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Manubaran. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Maria. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Doromu. TransNewGuinea.org.
External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
- (ibid.) Proto–Mount Brown
