| Marind–Yaqai | |
|---|---|
| Marind | |
| Geographic distribution | South Papua |
| Ethnicity | Marind people |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | mari1437 |
 Map: The Marind–Yaqai languages of New Guinea The Marind and Yaqai languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
TheMarind–Yaqai (Marind–Yakhai)languages are a well establishedlanguage family ofPapuan languages, spoken by theMarind-anim. They form part of theTrans–New Guinea languages in the classifications ofStephen Wurm andMalcolm Ross, and were established as part of theAnim branch of TNG by Timothy Usher.
The languages are:
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[2]
| *m | *n | ||
| *p | *t | *k | |
| *b | *d | *g | |
| *mb | *nd | *ŋg | |
| *s | *h | ||
| *w | *ɾ | *j | *ɣ |
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
The pronouns are:[1]
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | *nok | ? |
| 2 | *oɣ | *eoɣ |
| 3m | *anep | *anip |
| 3f | *anup |
The Marind languages were partially identified bySidney Herbert Ray and JHP Murray in 1918; the family was filled out by JHMC Boelaars in 1950. It was incorporated into Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm in 1975.
TheBoazi languages were formerly classified as Marind.
Marind reflexes ofproto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma:[3]