Awyu–Ok languages

The Awyu–Ok languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.

Languages

The three language families in Awyu–Ok are as follows:^[1]

• Digul River
  (Greater Awyu)
• Kamula–Elevala
• Ok

The Oksapmin language is sometimes classified as the nearest relative of Ok. However, it's unclear whether the similarities are due to relationship or to contact between Oksapmin and Mountain Ok (or both).

Reconstruction

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:^[1]

Pronouns

Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:^[1]

	sg	pl
1excl	*ne	*nu
1incl		*nup
2m	*ŋgep	*ŋgip
2f	*ŋgup
3m	*eː	*i
3f	*u

The third-person pronouns are an innovation shared with the neighboring branch of Trans–New Guinea, Anim. The Awyu–Ok second-person pronouns show the same vowel ablaut for gender as well.

Basic vocabulary

Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Digul River-Ok, Proto-Digul River, and Proto-Ok by Usher (2020) are:^[1]

gloss	Proto-Digul River-Ok	Proto-Digul River	Proto-Ok
eye	*kiːn(-roːp)	*kin-rop	*kiːn(-roːp)
mouth/tooth	*maŋgoːt	*maŋgot	*maŋgoːt
tongue	*poːŋg	*pon-kat	*poːŋg
blood/men's house	*kaim	*kaim	*kaim
bone	*kundoːR	*kundor	*kundoːR
skin/bark	*kaːnd	*ka[ː]t	*kaːnd
breast	*[aː/oː]m; *noːn	*[a/o]m; *non
dog	*majaːn; *t[i/eː]nd	*m[a]jan; *t[i/e]t	*majaːn; *tind
egg	*w[ai]ndin	*w[ai]ndin	*windin
sun/day	*[a]taːp	*[a]ta[ː]p	*[a]taːp
moon	*wakoːr	*wakor	*wakoːr
water	*[aː/oː]k	*[a/o][ː]k	*oːk

References

External links

• Digul River-Ok. New Guinea World.
• Digul River. New Guinea World.
• Ok. New Guinea World.
• Kamula-Elevala River. New Guinea World.
• Central Ok. New Guinea World.
• Lowland Ok. New Guinea World.
• Mountain Ok. New Guinea World.