Ikobi Language

	Ikobi Language Ikobi, or Ikobi-Mena after its two varieties, is a Papuan language, or pair of languages, of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat the two varieties, Ikobi and Mena, as distinct languages, but ''Ethnologue'' 16 judges them to be one. References Turama–Kikorian languages Languages of Papua New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest list of island countries, island country, with an area of . The nation was split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the Territory of Papua, British Territory of Papua in the South, the latter of which was ceded to Australia in 1902. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control following World War I, with the legally distinct Territory of New Guinea being established out of the former German colony as a League of Nations mandate. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Papuan Gulf Languages The Papuan Gulf languages are a proposed language family of Papuan languages spoken inland from Papuan Gulf, the large gulf that defines the shape of southern Papua New Guinea. Languages Papuan Gulf Kikorian (Kikori River) Kutubuan languages, Kutubuan Turama–Kikorian languages, Turama–Kikorian Strickland (Strickland River, Strickland and Soari River) East Strickland languages, East Strickland Doso–Turumsa languages, Doso–Turumsa Gogodala–Suki languages, Gogodala–Suki (Suki–Aramia River) Tua River languages, Tua River Teberan languages, Teberan ''Wiru language, Wiru'' *''Pawaia language, Pawaia'' References Further reading Franklin, K. editor. ''The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea''. C-26, x + 607 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1973. {{language families Papuan Gulf languages, Languages of Papua New Guinea Proposed language families Papuan langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Turama–Kikorian Languages The Turama–Kikorian languages are a family identified by Arthur Capell (1962) and part of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) family in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The family is named after the Turama River and Kikori River of southern Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...; the alternative name is based more narrowly on the Omati River. Languages The four languages are clearly related, though Rumu is divergent. Ross states that Rumu links the other (Turama) languages to TNG. * Turama–Kikorian family '' Rumu (Kairi)'' isolate Turama (Omati River) branch: Omati, Ikobi Proto-language Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–Rumu – Omati River/ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Papuan Language The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a genetic relationship. New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse region in the world. Besides the Austronesian languages, there arguably are some 800 languages divided into perhaps sixty small language families, with unclear relationships to each other or to any other languages, plus many language isolates. The majority of the Papuan languages are spoken on the island of New Guinea, with a number spoken in the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville Island and the Solomon Islands to the east, and in Halmahera, Timor and the Alor archipelago to the west. The westernmost language, Tambora in Sumbawa, is extinct. One Papuan language, Meriam, is spoken within the national borders of Australia, in the eastern Torres Strait. Several langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]