Kainantu–Goroka languages
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Kainantu–Goroka | |
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East Highlands | |
Geographic distribution | highlands of Kainantu and Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | kain1273 |
Map: The Kainantu–Goroka languages of New Guinea
The Kainantu–Goroka languages
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Uninhabited |
The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a
Trans–New Guinea), and are one of the larger branches of Trans–New Guinea in the 2005 classification of Malcolm Ross
.
Languages
The constituent Kainantu and Goroka families are clearly valid groups, and both William A. Foley and Timothy Usher consider their TNG identity to be established. The languages are:[1]
- Goroka family
- Kainantu family
Pronouns
The pronouns reconstructed by Ross (2005) for proto-Kainantu–Goroka, proto-Kainantu, and proto-Goroka are as follows:
proto-Kainantu–Goroka sg pl 1 *ná *tá[za] 2 *ká[za] *tá-na- 3 *[y]á, *wá *yá[na] proto-Kainantu sg du pl 1 *né *té[ze]- *té[ze] 2 *é[ze] *[te]né- 3 *wé
proto-Goroka sg pl 1 *ná *tá[za] 2 *ká *tá-na-gaza, *tí-na-gaza 3 *[y]á *[y]á-na-gaza, *í-na-gaza
The possessive forms are:
proto-Kainantu–Goroka sg pl 1 *na-i *ta-i 2 *ka *tana-i 3 *[y]a, *wa *ya-i, *yana-i
Evolution
Kainantu–Goroka reflexes of
proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[2]
- are 'ear' < *kand(e,i)k(V]
- nu 'louse' < *niman
- ato 'ear' < *kand(e,i)k(V]
- ir 'tree' < *inda
- (n)am 'breast' < *amu
- nume 'louse' < *niman
- kubu 'short' < *k(a,u)tu(p,mb)aC
- mi- 'give' < *mV-
- na- 'eat' < *na-
- numaa 'louse' < *niman
- mi- 'give' < *mV-
- amune 'egg' < *mun(a,i,u)ka
- kasa 'new' < *kVndak
- mone 'nose' < *mundu
- ami 'breast' < *amu
- mut 'belly' < *mundun 'internal organs'
- mina- 'stay' < *mVna-
- nogoi 'water < *[n]ok
- (tu)nima 'louse' < *niman
- me- 'give' < *mV-
Innovations in proto-Kainantu-Goroka replacing
proto-Trans-New Guinea forms:[2]
- *tá[za] '1pl' replaces pTNG *ni, *nu
- *tá-na '2pl' replaces pTNG *ŋgi, *ja
- genitive forms ending in *-i
Vocabulary
Gorokan basic vocabulary from William A. Foley (1986):[3]
gloss Proto-Gorokan Gende Siane Benabena Kamono–YagariaFore 'two' *tote ogondrari lele loe lole tara 'man' *we vei we vo ve wa 'water' *no(k) nogoi no nagami ni(na) wani 'fire' tuva yo logo hali yakuʔ 'tree' *ya izo ya yafa yava yaː 'leaf' kuruma aila haya(ʔa) haeya aʔyeʔ 'root' *supa tovaya lufawa lufusa(ʔa) havu aubu 'house' *nom nomu numu(na) no(hi) yo(na) naːmaʔ 'breast' *ami ami- ami(na) amiha(ʔa) ami(maʔa) nono 'tooth' *wa va(iza) auma yogo(ʔa) (ä)vep (a)wa 'bone' *yampu yami- auma felisa(ʔa) (a)pu(va) (a)yaːmpu 'ear' *ke/a ka- ka(la) (e)kesa(ʔa) (ä)geta (a)ge 'hair' *yoka yogo yowa(la) oka(ʔa) (a)yokaʔ (a)yaːʔ 'leg' *kia kia- kiya(na) gigusa(ʔa) (a)gia (a)gisaː 'blood' *kota mamia- wanu golaha(ʔa) gola(na) koraːʔ 'hand' *ya ya a(na) yaha(ʔa) (ä)ya ya 'egg' *mut mura mula mu(ʔa) mu(na) amuʔ 'sun' *po po fo yafi yafo yaːbu 'axe' *tu tu luna lu lu tuʔ 'netbag' *ko ko owo gu(ʔi) gu(na) koʔ 'eat' *na- na- n- na- no- na- 'die' *puti- pri- fol- fili- fili- puri- 'say' *si- ti- l- li- hi- i- 'give' *mi- imi- om- m- mi- mi- 'big' *(n)ampa namba namba napa legepa tabe
Kainantu basic vocabulary from William A. Foley (1986):[3]
gloss AwaAuyana Gadsup Tairora'two' tɔtare kaiʔa kaantani taaraʔanta 'man' wɛ waiya banta bainti 'water' no nomba nomi namari 'fire' ira irama ikai iha 'tree' ta taima yaani katari 'leaf' ɔnɔ anama anai mare 'root' anuʔ anuʔa anuʔi tuʔa 'house' nɔ naamba maʔi naabu 'breast' nɔ naamba naami naama 'tooth' awɛ awaiyamba abakuni aabai 'bone' ayɔnta ayaantamba ayampai buhaarima 'ear' ɔre aʔa aakami aato 'hair' (a)yɔra aayara -nyoi kauhi 'leg' ai aisamima akani aiʔu 'blood' nɛe naema naarei naare 'hand' ayɔnobeh ayamba aayaami kauʔu 'egg' au auma amuʔi auru 'sun' popoʔnah aabauma ikona kauri 'axe' konaro koraroba kuntaʔi kaarima 'netbag' unɔ unaamba unaami uta 'eat' nɔno nare naano naana 'die' pukire pukai pukono ʔutubiro 'say' iraruwo siyo seʔu tiena 'give' awiʔ ami ameno amina 'big' aanotɔ anomba inoʔna nora
Proto-languages
Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-East Kainantu and Proto-North Kainantu by Usher (2020) are:[4][5]
gloss Proto-East Kainantu Proto-North Kainantu head *piᵄtɐ *noːN hair/feather *jɐᵘsi *jɐᵘ ear *ɑːtoː *ɑːʔ eye *wu *u nose *ipi *siʔ tooth *wɐⁱ *wɐj tongue *m₂ɑːpiɾi *[m/n][ɐⁱ]piɾ leg *ipu *tɐɾ blood *wi[ʔt]ipɐ *nɑːɾeː bone *muʔjɑːni *(ɐ-)jɐNpɐ breast *nɑːNmɐ *nɑːN louse *numɐ *nuN dog *w₂ɐⁱni *ijɐN pig *p₂uᵄɾɐ *poːɾ bird *inɑːmɐ; *uwini *nuN egg *uɾu *uɾ tree *jɐtɐɾi *jɑːj sun *j₂uᵄni *ɑːʔ moon *[u]toːnɐ *wi[ɾ]oːN water *noːni *noːN fire *iʔjɐ *itɐ stone *oːni *oː[ɾ/j] path *ɑːni *ɑːj man *wɐⁱ-iNti *wɑːⁱNsɐ woman *ɐnɑːjeː *ɐnɑːsi name *utu *wiʔ eat *nɐ- one *moːʔjɑː *mɐnɑː two *tɑːɾɐ *tɑːN
See also
- East New Guinea Highlands languages, an expansion of Kainantu–Goroka in Wurm 1975, which was later abandoned by Ross due to a lack of unifying morphological data.
Bibliography
- OCLC 67292782.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Kainantu-Goroka. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Goroka. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Kainantu. TransNewGuinea.org.
- Proto-Eastern Kainantu-Goroka. TransNewGuinea.org. From Scott, G. 1978. The Fore language of Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Proto-Eastern-Central Gorokan. TransNewGuinea.org. From Scott, G. 1978. The Fore language of Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
References
- ^ NewGuineaWorld
- ^ ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ ISBN 0-521-28621-2.
- ^ Usher, Timothy. 2020. East Kainantu. New Guinea World. Accessed 20210-01-19.
- ^ Usher, Timothy. 2020. North Kainantu. New Guinea World. Accessed 20210-01-19.
External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Kainantu