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Mantion–Meax languages

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Language family of New Guinea
Mantion–Meax
Mantion–Meyah
East Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution		Papua
Linguistic classificationWest Papuan?
  • (extended) East Bird's Head
    • Mantion–Meax
      Mantion–Meyah
Subdivisions
  • Mantion
  • Meyah
Language codes
Glottologeast1459
East Bird's Head languages (in red)

TheMantion–Meax,Mantion–Meyah, or(South) East Bird's Head languages are alanguage family of three languages in the "Bird's Head Peninsula" of westernNew Guinea, spoken by all together 20,000 people.

Classification

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East Bird's Head stock (3 languages)

Pronouns

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The pronouns Ross reconstructs for the proto-language (Usher's Southeast Bird's Head) are:

Number
PersonSingularPlural
exclusiveinclusive
1st*da, *di-*meme, *me-*mimi, *mi-
2nd*ba, *bi-*ia, *i-
3rd*e, *-*rua, *ri-

Basic vocabulary

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Basic vocabulary among East Bird's Head languages (Meyah,Moskona,Sougb,Hatam,Mansim) listed in Holton & Klamer (2018). The sets are not necessarily cognate.[1]

East Bird's Head family basic vocabulary
glossMeyahMoskonaSougbHatamMansim
‘bird’memmembahabwaw
‘louse’mejmejmemmem
‘one’egensergeshomgomwom
‘night’motumotlobammun
‘I’didifdifdandanidanu

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
glossMeyahMoskonaSougbHatam
arm/handetmaetmas(i)randab
leg/footakiegak/okoohoramig
housemodmodtuig
goodoufaojfaeigouhkei
dogmesmesmihinsien
pigmekmekhwejnab
chickenmongkukarmemkoarberougbguri
lousemejmejmemmem
water/rivermeimijuhunyei
bananameninejwida

See also

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References

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  1. ^abHolton, 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.
  2. ^Miedema, Jelle and Ger P. Reesink. 2004.One Head, Many Faces: New perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Leiden: KITLV.
  3. ^Reesink, Ger P. 2005.West Papuan languages: roots and development. In: Pawley et al. (eds.) 185–218.

Further reading

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  • 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.ISBN 978-0-85883-494-1.

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