| Kolopom | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Kolepom Island,South Papua |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kolo1268 |
 Map: The Kolopom languages of New Guinea The Kolopom languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
TheKolopom languages are afamily ofTrans–New Guinea languages in the classifications ofStephen Wurm (1975) and ofMalcolm Ross (2005). Along with theMombum languages, they are the languages spoken onKolepom Island (Yos Sudarso Island) in South Papua,Indonesia.
The Kolopom languages are:[1]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[1]
| *m | *n | ||
| *p | *t | *s | *k |
| *mb | *nd | *ndz | *ŋg |
| [*w] | [*r] | [*j] | [*ɣ] |
| *i | *u | |
| *e | *ɵ | *o |
| *æ | *a |
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1]
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | *n[a/o] | *nie |
| 2 | *K[a/o] (?) | *ŋgie |
| 3 | *ep | *emDe |
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
| gloss | Proto-Kolopom |
|---|---|
| head | *tipV; *mVrV[w] |
| hair/feathers | *muen[a] |
| ear/mind | ? *mVrVk; *[ndz][o/u]an |
| eye | *VnV |
| nose | *ŋgon |
| tooth | *t[e]r[a]k |
| tongue | *mepreŋg |
| blood | *iendz |
| breast/milk | *mam |
| louse | *nemeŋg |
| dog | *n[ia] |
| pig | *k[o/u][a] |
| egg | *uak |
| tree/wood | *nd[ua]t |
| man/person | *ndz[ia]p |
| woman/wife | *jowa[k] |
| moon | *kumbanV |
| water | *ndzu |
| stone | *mete |
| name | *n[e/a][k/ŋg] |
| two | *[j]enapa; *sVp |
Cognates among Kolopom languages listed by Evans (2018):[2]
| gloss | Kimaghama | Riantana | Ndom | Marori |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stone | mɛtɛ | mɛtoe | mɛtə | mɛrɛ / mara |
| cheek | cama | cəma | – | sama |
| name | nɛ | na | nar | neɣ / naw |
| rope | niɛ | na | nɛɣ | naʒ |
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)[3] and Voorhoeve (1975),[4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g.mete,meːt,metö for “stone”) or not (e.g.tuakwo,reːt,modo for “head”).
| gloss | Kimaghima | Ndom | Riantana |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | tuakwo | reːt | modo |
| hair | muna | tomwen | rutivö |
| eye | avuo | ununor | anömbö |
| tooth | travae | trex | tudömbo |
| leg | kura | tur | teː |
| louse | nöme | neːmön | nöme |
| dog | nöe | wawant | nia |
| pig | ku | yar | ku |
| bird | axanemö | nembörfe | ne |
| egg | wo | wax | winömbana |
| blood | dörö | eth | yerana |
| bone | duno | in | nduka |
| skin | krara | krikir | kwika |
| tree | do | ndör; ndua | ndör; ndua |
| man | ci | xarefe theref | rianoana |
| sun | öre | wen | meːnoŋwa |
| water | cu | wer | rö |
| fire | i | u | drö |
| stone | mete | meːt | metö |
| name | ne | nar | ria |
| eat | muye | xot | mora |
| one | növere | sas | meːbö |
| two | kave | thef | enava |
Kolopom reflexes ofproto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[6]
