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Awyu–Dumut Languages
The Greater Awyu or Digul River languages, known in earlier classifications with more limited scope as Awyu–Dumut (Awyu–Ndumut), are a family of perhaps a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in eastern West Papua in the region of the Digul River. Six of the languages are sufficiently attested for a basic description; it is not clear how many of the additional names (in parentheses below) may be separate languages. History The Awyu (pronounced like English ''Ow you'') and Awyu–Dumut families were identified by Peter Drabbe in the 1950s. Voorhoeve included them in his proposed Central and South New Guinea group. As part of Central and South New Guinea, they form part of the original proposal for Trans–New Guinea. Classification The classification below is based on Usher and de Vries et al. (2012), who used morphological innovations to determine relatedness, which can be obscured by lexical loanwords. * Sawi (Sawuy) *Awyu–Dumut (Central Digul River) ** Awyu la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digul
The Digul River () is a major river in southern Papua (province), Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is the fourth longest river in New Guinea after Sepik River, Mamberamo River and Fly River. With a total length of and has a drainage basin of . History The swamplands upstream were known by the name "Boven Digoel Regency, Boven-Digoel" (Above the Digul, in Dutch) and hosted Boven-Digoel concentration camp, a penal colony at Tanahmerah (Red Earth) in the early 20th century, when Indonesia was a Dutch East Indies, colony of Holland. As a result of the abortive 1926 revolt by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), the Dutch exiled 823 of the most troublesome revolutionaries here.Brackman, A.C., Indonesian Communism: A History, 1963, Praeger Press Hydrology Rising on the southern slopes of Maoke Mountains, the Digul flows first south and then west to empty into the Arafura Sea. For much of its length it travels across a low region of extensive swamps a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syiaxa Language
Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a Papuan language or languages of Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are, * Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Yenimu/Jénimu) * Ia River Awyu (Shiaxa/Sjìagha) References External links *Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam Languages of western New Guinea Awyu–Dumut languages {{Indonesia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandobo Atas Language
Mandobo, or Kaeti, is a Papuan language of Mandobo District in Boven Digoel Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Varieties ''Ethnologue ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...'' distinguishes two languages: *''Mandobo Bawah'', spoken on the Lower Mandobo River *''Mandobo Atas'', spoken on the Upper Mandobo River Phonology Vowels Consonants Evolution Below are some Kaeti reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012), drawn from McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970).McElhanon, Kenneth A. AND C.L. Voorhoeve. 1970. ''The Trans–New Guinea Phylum: explorations in deep-level genetic relationships''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Further reading *Jang, Hong-Tae. 2003. ''Survey report on languages of southeastern foothills in Papua Merauke Regency of Papua, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ok Languages
The Ok languages are a family of about a dozen related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New Guinea. The most numerous language is Ngalum, with some 20,000 speakers; the best known is probably Telefol. The Ok languages have dyadic kinship terms.The Oksapmin Kinship System , retrieved May 21, 2009. History of classification The Ok languages are clearly related. identified them as a family in 1962. He later noted connections with the and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korowai Language
Korowai (Kolufaup) is a Trans-New-Guinean language spoken in South Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... It is spoken by the Korowai people who live along the Becking River. Notes References * ''The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in Its Cultural Context (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 9)'' by Gerrit J. Van Enk & Lourens de Vries (). *Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey'. SIL International. Languages of western New Guinea Becking–Dawi languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becking River
The Becking River is a river in Western New Guinea. Sungai Beckingin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-11-27 See also *List of rivers of Western New Guinea This is a partial list of rivers of Western New Guinea in Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017. In alphabetical order By mouth location From west to east: North coast ... * Becking River languages References Rivers of Papua (province) {{Indonesia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsaukambo Language
Tsaukambo or Tsakwambo () is one of the Greater Awyu languages The Greater Awyu or Digul River languages, known in earlier classifications with more limited scope as Awyu–Dumut (Awyu–Ndumut), are a family of perhaps a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in eastern West Papua in the region of the ... of West Papua. References *Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey'. SIL International. Languages of western New Guinea Becking–Dawi languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komyandaret Language
Komyandaret is a poorly documented Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ... of Indonesia. It is close enough to Tsaukambo that there is some mutual intelligibility. References *Hughes, Jock. 2009. Upper Digul Survey'. SIL International. Languages of western New Guinea Ok languages Becking–Dawi languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |