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Nuclear South Bird's Head languages

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Nuclear South Bird's Head
East South Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution
Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesian Papua
Linguistic classification? Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
Glottologsout1516

The Nuclear South Bird's Head, Core South Bird's Head or East South Bird's Head languages form a small language family of western New Guinea. They either form part of a wider South Bird's Head language family, or may be an independent language family if not related to the Inanwatan and Konda–Yahadian languages.[1]

Languages

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There are six languages:[2]

Proto-language

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Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[3]

gloss Proto-East South Bird's Head
body hair/feather *karar
ear *qer[aw]
nose *mitob
tooth *resin
tongue *nun
foot/leg *sor
blood *a[m/p]as
bone *toq
breast *did
louse *kon
bird *kanen
egg *wuk
tree *qemin
man *rabin
sun *teg[ed]
moon *mo[k/q]
water *sai
path *aum
one *onat
two *[ou]g

References

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  1. ^ Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. ^ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. ^ Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head
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