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The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family spoken around the Wharton Range in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages by Stephen Wurm (1975), but only tentatively retained there in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005) and removed entirely by Timothy Usher (2020).[1]

Languages

The languages are,[1]

The languages are clearly related, especially northern Biagai, Kunimaipa, and Weri, which might be considered divergent dialects.Шаблон:Citation needed

Pronouns

Pronouns are:

  • Northern: 1sg ne, 2sg ni, 3sg pi
  • Tauade/Fuyug: 1sg na, 2sg nu

Tauade also has the possessive pronouns Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang.

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1973, 1975, 1980), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[2]

gloss Fuyug Tauade
head hul ha; ondobe kɔrɔtɔ
hair are; hul haluma awutu
ear gadolo kepapaí
eye hul li; im tavai
nose hul hunga; unge kiːtʰ
tooth hul usi nɔtɔvai
tongue hul asese aivi
leg soga lɔ'vai
louse hi dautʰ
dog ho; oi kɔveřa
pig ovo pɔřu
bird Nemba; nembe kide
egg hulombo mutuwu
blood tana il'iví
bone hude keniví
skin hul hoda; ode kɔtipai
breast hul duda data
tree i'i eata
man A'a; an baře
woman Amu; amuri iva
sun evuli vatava
moon hama ɔne
water ʒu ipi
fire oki e'na·m
stone zo evi'ti
road, path enamba; inambe bɔřiƀařa
name ifa ape'te
eat huni nene ɔmei nai
one fida kɔne
two ʒuvalo kupal'iai

Evolution

Fuyuge reflexes of purported proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[3]

  • baba ‘father’ < *mbapa
  • sabe ‘saliva’ < *si(mb,p)at
  • magata ‘mouth, jaw’ < *maŋgat[a]
  • mele-pila ‘tongue’ < *mele-mbilaŋ
  • imu ‘eye’ < *(ŋg,k)amu
  • ije ‘tree’ < *inda

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Trans–New Guinea languages Шаблон:Papuan languages Шаблон:Language families