Spatium propositorum variorum linguarum Transnovaguineanarum.Familiae variae quae sunt notio Rossiana phyli Transnovaguineanae. Maxima diversitas is terris altis orientalibus invenitur. (Ex Ross 2005, Anglice signata.)
Proto-Transnovaguinea reconstruuitur cum usitato inventario simplice Papuano: quinquevocales,/i e a o u/, tres phonationes occlusivorum in tribus locis,/p t k, b d ɡ, m n ŋ/ (Andreas Pawley seriem dictam reconstruit in nasalis/mb nd ŋɡ/), affricato palatale/dʒ ~ ndʒ/, fricativo/s/, et approximantibus/l j w/.Syllabae plerumque sunt (C)V, sed CVC in finibus vocabulorum fieri potest. Multae ex his linguistonum verbalem habent.
Ross insequens paradigma pronominale pro Transnovaguineana reconstruit, cum*a~*iablautum pro singulare~non-singulare:
ego
*na
nos
*ni
tu
*ga
vos
*gi
is, ea, id
*(y)a, *ua
ei
*i
Est forma coniuncta pro 'nos', minus saepe testificata,*nu, atque*ja pro 'tu', quod fortasse, apud coniecturam Rossianam, fuit forma urbana. Praeterea fueruntsuffixadualia*-li et*-t, etplurale suffixum*-nV, (n cum vocale), ac suffixa pronumeris collectivis*-pi- (duale) et*-m- (plurale), quae pronos inclusivum fuerunt cum ad primam personam adhibentur. Reflexa autem suffixorum collectivorum solum in terris altis mediis et orientalibus inveniuntur, et ergo tam vetus quam proto-transnovaguineana fortasse non sunt.
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