| Leonhard Schultze | |
|---|---|
| Walio–Papi | |
| Geographic distribution | Leonard Schultze River,Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
TheLeonhard Schultze (Leonard Schultze) orWalio–Papi languages are a proposedfamily of about 6Papuan languages spoken in theSepik river basin of northernPapua New Guinea. They are spoken along the border region ofEast Sepik Province andSandaun Province, just to the south of theIwam languages.
The languages are named after theLeonhard Schultze River, which is in turn named after German anthropologistLeonhard Schultze-Jena.
The Leonard Schultze languages are:
The Leonhard Schultze languages were traditionally classified byLaycock and Z'graggen (1975) as part of theSepik language family.[1]
Foley (2018) classifies the Leonhard Schultze languages separately as an independent language family rather than as part of theSepik languages (as in previous classifications proposed by others).[2] However, this classification is not accepted by Glottolog, which splits up the Walio and Papi branches and considers them each to be a primary language family.
The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad and Dye (1975),[3] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[4]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g.tiᵽo,tipafu for “head”) or not (e.g.aᵽayo,toefahewa for “skin”).
| gloss | Walio | Yawiyo (Wosawari dialect) | Papi |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | tiᵽo | tipafu | auwiyu |
| hair | tiřeʔ | yei | ařupisi |
| ear | aᵽoᵽo | afe | mʌgʌnaba |
| eye | nogub̶ʌnɛ | nimau | sunweyo |
| nose | tʌᵽsɛᵽoʔ | tɩmʌsi | tʌnipɔku |
| tooth | nʌᵽaᵽala | nʌfe | sʋmunu |
| tongue | nʌgʌya | tanotai | sakeyo |
| louse | natʌᵽi | dibafuyei | ařupɩsɩ |
| dog | kauwaᵽo | ifau; ivau | agabu |
| pig | taǏib̶o | ami ami | tʌmaub̶o |
| bird | auma | ɔb̶ɔ; ɔːsani | |
| egg | naᵽu | aumufu | usouyo |
| blood | liʔ | teyuowa | taneke |
| bone | ipalib̶o | ihuwa | naikʌmio |
| skin | aᵽayo | toefahewa | pʌsiyæ |
| breast | matʌᵽulo | mama | abiyaiɔ |
| tree | biᵽoʔ | yanu | naːb̶ʌkʌ |
| man | ɛlɛgobuwo | to; to iːwa | sanoᵽo |
| woman | tɔkotʌb̶isia | sauto | suːbu |
| water | ǥwei | utlauwe | ařukowa |
| fire | linati | tanuwa; tiyami | řiku |
| stone | ᵽuboʔ | tab̶iya | tab̶iyaio |
| road, path | ʔɛᵽobu | efʌmowa | pʌbřiyaio |
| eat | kanab̶o | afaʔunařu | opo akepo |
| one | aǏia gʌǏaǏilau | ařʌsʌbau | sunuboku |
| two | ǥuřaǥaʔ | ařʌfři | suwʌbiyaio |