| Duna–Pogaya | |
|---|---|
| Duna–Bogaia | |
| Geographic distribution | Hela Province,Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
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TheDuna–Pogaya (Duna–Bogaia) languages are a proposed smallfamily ofTrans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Voorhoeve (1975),Ross (2005) and Usher (2018), consisting of two languages,Duna andBogaya, which in turn form a branch of the largerTrans–New Guinea family.[1]Glottolog, which is based largely on Usher, however finds the connections between the two languages to be tenuous, and the connection to TNG unconvincing.[2]
Duna has had significant influence onBogaya due to the socioeconomic dominance of Duna speakers over the less populous, less influential Bogaya speakers.[3] Duna also has much more influence fromHuli (a widely spokenTrans-New Guinea language) at 27–32 percent lexical similarity with Huli, while Duna has only 5–10 percent.[3]
Pronouns are:
| sg | du | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | *nó | *ge-na | *i-nu |
| 2 | *gó | ||
| 3 | *kó | *ki-nu |
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970),[4] Shaw (1973),[5] and Shaw (1986),[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[7]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g.ɔwa,hewa for "sun") or not (e.g.fando,tete for "louse").
| gloss | Bogaya | Duna |
|---|---|---|
| head | yeľʌ; yela | kuni |
| hair | heepi; yeľʌ eľika | hini |
| ear | hona; hɔnʌn | kɔhane; konane |
| eye | kina; kiːnʌn | le |
| nose | kuuma; pfouľu | kuma |
| tooth | yagai; yʌkʌi | ne; nee |
| tongue | iki; ɩkin | ogone; ɔgɔne |
| leg | yehei; yehʌi | tia |
| louse | fando; fiľʌ | tete |
| dog | ɔv̧ɔpi; yau | yawi |
| pig | ʌpʌn | isa |
| bird | aka; pitʌkʌ | heka |
| egg | oondi; pitʌkʌ ɔ̃udi | hapa |
| blood | sokoya; yesʌ | kuyila |
| bone | hakale; hʌv̧ʌľe | kuni |
| skin | hugwa; hukuʌn | pulu |
| breast | alu; ʌľu | abu; adu; amu |
| tree | dowa; tɔuʌ | lowa; lɔwa |
| man | ami; ʌmĩ | anoa; anɔa |
| woman | ĩmiʌ; imya | ima |
| sun | owa; ɔwa | hewa |
| moon | kaiyuu; kʌiu | eke |
| water | paiyuku; pʌiuku | yu |
| fire | dowada; tɔun | lɔwa kiliana; lowa puru |
| stone | haana; hʌnʌ | kana; kuna |
| name | ʌmĩn; yaga | yaka |
| eat | nã; nosii | nai-; neyana |
| one | mɔsʌ kɔmʌ; moso | du |
| two | efʌn; yeefa | yapa |
Duna reflexes ofproto-Trans–New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[3]