| Tamolan | |
|---|---|
| Guam River | |
| Geographic distribution | Guam River,Madang Province,Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Ramu
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | tamo1242 |
TheTamolan languages are a smallfamily of clearly related languages spoken in the region of theGuam River inMadang Province,Papua New Guinea.
The Tamolan languages are:
Kominimung andIgana are said to also be Tamolan languages, but no data has been collected to establish that.
Tamolan is classified among theRamu languages of northernPapua New Guinea.
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | *m | *n | *ŋ | ||
| Plosive | plain | *p | *t | *k | |
| prenasalized | *ᵐb | *ⁿd | *ᵑg | ||
| Affricate | *ⁿdz | ||||
| Fricative | *s | ||||
| Liquid | *w | *ɾ | *j | *ɣ | |
Vowels are *i *ʉ *u *a.
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1]
| sg | du | pl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | *uku | *aŋgʉ | *ani |
| 2 | *un | *uŋgʉ | *uni |
| 3 | *an, *ma | ? | ? |
Plus 1sg object *na.
Proto-Tamolan–Ataitan (Proto-Guam–Moam) is very similar, and nearly identical toProto-Moam.