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Etna Bay Languages
The Mairasi languages, also known as Etna Bay are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross and Timothy Usher, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. They are named after Etna Bay, located in the southeastern corner of West Papua province, in Indonesia. Languages The Mairasi languages are clearly related to each other. * Mairasi family: Semimi, Mer, Mairasi, Northeastern Mairasi Classification Mairasi cannot be linked to other families by its pronouns. However, Voorhoeve (1975) links it to the Sumeri (Tanah Merah) language, either a language isolate or an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for the Mairasi languages to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblance between Mairasi, Semimi, and proto-Trans-New Guinea. : Mairasi ''ooro'' and Semimi ''ok ...
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Etna Bay
Etna Bay ( id, Teluk Etna, nl, Etna-baai) is a bay in eastern Kaimana Regency, situated in the southeastern corner of West Papua province, Indonesia. Teluk Etnaat GeoNames.Org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded on 2015-11-27 The port town of Kaimana Kaimana is a small port town in West Papua, Indonesia and capital of the Kaimana Regency. It had a population of 13,613 at the 2010 Census. In March 2007, the Indonesian Navy conducted a training exercise off the coast of Kaimana in Kaimana Ba ... is located to the west of Etna Bay. The Etna Bay languages are spoken in the area.Peckham, Lloyd. 1991. ''Etna Bay survey report: Irian Jaya Bird’s Neck languages. ''Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures'' 10: 147–185.The bay got its name from the Etna expedition. See also * Etna Bay languages References Bays of Indonesia Landforms of Western New Guinea Landforms of West Papua (province) {{WPapua-geo-stub ...
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Mairasi Language
Mairasi ( Faranyao and Kaniran) is a Papuan languages, Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua (Indonesian province), West Papua, Indonesia. The Northeastern dialect may be a distinct language. Distribution Locations: *Kaimana Regency **Interior villages: Umbran, Jamna Fata, Matna, Tarwata, Sara, Kasira, Orai, Wangatnau, Faranyau, and Sarifan **Coastal villages: Sisir, Foroma Jaya, Warasi, Lobo, Lomira, Morona, Nanggwaromi, Omay (May may), and Warika *Teluk Wondama Regency **Naikere District villages: Sararti, Oya, Yabore, Wosimo, Undurara, and Inyora Phonology Pronouns Mairasi possessor prefixes are: : Morphology Case markers Noun phrase case markers in Mairasi: *instrumental suffix -''t'' *locative postposition ''ar'' *allative postposition ''ev(i)'' Some examples: Possessors Mairasi possessor prefixes: : Examples of inalienable possession, inalienable possessors: Directionals Mairasi has two directional suffixes, which are only used with movemen ...
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Mairasi Languages
The Mairasi languages, also known as Etna Bay are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross and Timothy Usher, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. They are named after Etna Bay, located in the southeastern corner of West Papua province, in Indonesia. Languages The Mairasi languages are clearly related to each other. * Mairasi family: Semimi, Mer, Mairasi, Northeastern Mairasi Classification Mairasi cannot be linked to other families by its pronouns. However, Voorhoeve (1975) links it to the Sumeri (Tanah Merah) language, either a language isolate or an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for the Mairasi languages to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblance between Mairasi, Semimi, and proto-Trans-New Guinea. : Mairasi ''ooro'' and Semimi ''ok ...
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Swadesh List
The Swadesh list ("Swadesh" is pronounced ) is a classic compilation of tentatively universal concepts for the purposes of lexicostatistics. Translations of the Swadesh list into a set of languages allow researchers to quantify the interrelatedness of those languages. The Swadesh list is named after linguist Morris Swadesh. It is used in lexicostatistics (the quantitative assessment of the genealogical relatedness of languages) and glottochronology (the dating of language divergence). Because there are several different lists, some authors also refer to "Swadesh lists". Versions and authors Morris Swadesh himself created several versions of his list. He started with a list of 215 meanings (falsely introduced as a list of 225 meanings in the paper due to a spelling error), which he reduced to 165 words for the Salish-Spokane-Kalispel language. In 1952, he published a list of 215 meanings,Swadesh 1952: 456–PDF/ref> of which he suggested the removal of 16 for being unclear or not ...
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William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ...
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Sumeri Language
Sumuri or Sumeri (one of two Papuan languages also known as Tanah Merah) is a language spoken in Sumuri District, Teluk Bintuni Regency on the Bomberai Peninsula by about a thousand people. Distribution In Sumuri District of Teluk Bintuni Regency, Sumuri people reside in Tofoi (district capital), Materabu Jaya, Forada, Agoda, Saengga, Tanah Merah Baru, Onar Lama, and Onar Baru villages. Classification In the classifications of Malcolm Ross (2005) and Timothy Usher (2020), Sumeri forms an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family, but Palmer (2018) classifies it as a language isolate. It does not fit in with any of the established branches of TNG, but based on what little data there is, it would seem to be closest to either the Berau Gulf branches (i.e. South Bird's Head, West Bomberai etc.) or the Asmat–Mombum languages and their relatives further east. Sumeri has previously been linked to the Mairasi languages, but those do not share the TNG pronouns of Sumeri. ...
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Northeastern Mairasi Language
Mairasi ( Faranyao and Kaniran) is a Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia. The Northeastern dialect may be a distinct language. Distribution Locations: *Kaimana Regency **Interior villages: Umbran, Jamna Fata, Matna, Tarwata, Sara, Kasira, Orai, Wangatnau, Faranyau, and Sarifan **Coastal villages: Sisir, Foroma Jaya, Warasi, Lobo, Lomira, Morona, Nanggwaromi, Omay (May may), and Warika *Teluk Wondama Regency **Naikere District villages: Sararti, Oya, Yabore, Wosimo, Undurara, and Inyora Phonology Pronouns Mairasi possessor prefixes are: : Morphology Case markers Noun phrase case markers in Mairasi: *instrumental suffix -''t'' *locative postposition ''ar'' *allative postposition ''ev(i)'' Some examples: Possessors Mairasi possessor prefixes: : Examples of inalienable possessors: Directionals Mairasi has two directional suffixes, which are only used with movement verbs. *''-aʔi'' ‘up, inland’ *''-ari'' ‘down, seaward’ Exampl ...
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Mer Language
Mer (also called Muri, Miere) is a Papuan language spoken in Papua province of 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 .... Groups There are two groups of Miere speakers: *''Gunung'' ("Mountain") or ''Kakak'' ("elder") group, in Yabore village, Naikere District *''Pantai'' ("Beach") or ''Adik'' ("younger") group, in Senderewoi village, Rasiey District References Languages of western New Guinea Mairasi languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Kaimana Regency
Kaimana Regency is a regency in the south of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 18,500 sq. km, and had a population of 46,249 at the 2010 Census and 62,256 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is the town of Kaimana. The Mairasi languages are spoken in the regency, among other languages. Administrative Districts The regency comprises seven districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (''desa'' and ''kelurahan'') in each district and its post code. Offshore Islands Kaimana Regency contains over 500 separate offshore islands, spread over the five districts with coastlines. Kaimana District includes at least 280 islands, of which the largest are Pulau Namatota, Pulau Aiduma and Pulau Dramai. There are at least 62 islands in Teluk Etna District, of which the largest is Pulau ...
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