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Kainantu–Goroka Languages
The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family (the precursor of 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: * Goroka family ** Daulo *** Siane, Yaweyuha *** Gahuku: Alekano (Gahuku), Asaro River: Dano (Upper Asaro), Tokano (Lower Asaro) ** Benabena ** South Goroka: Fore, Gimi ** Isabi, Gende ** Henganofi *** Abaga *** Kamono (Kamano) *** Fayatina River **** Kanite, Inoke-Yate **** Yagaria ***(? Ke’yagana) ubsumed under another language by Usher* Kainantu family ** Kenati **Tairoric (East Kainantu): Binumarien (Afaqina), Tairoa (Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainantu
Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the " Highlands Highway" approximately by road from Lae and by road from Goroka. It is approx from a nearby missionary station Ukarumpa and is nearby the Aiyura valley. Kainantu has basic facilities such as a school, hospital, police station, district court, and service stations. History Early History The area was explored in the 1929 by the two Lutheran missionaries, Pilhofer and Bergmann. and again in 1930 by two Australian explorers Mick Leahy and Mick Dwyer. Early missions Under German New Guinea this area was part of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. Lutheran missionaries first established mission stations at Finschhafen and moved up the Markham Valley towards the Eastern Highlands. Between 1916-18 the Kaiapit station was established by the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaweyuha Language
Yaweyuha (Yabiyufa) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ..., and it is spoken by around 4,600 people. References {{Kainantu–Goroka languages Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanite Language
Kanite is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References Further reading * * Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamono Language
Kamano (Kamano-Kafe) is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Nomenclature The terms 'Kamano' and 'Kamano-Kafe' are both used to refer to the language primarily spoken in Henganofi District, although within the linguistics literature Kamano refers to some varieties within the Kamano-Yagaria group, a dialect chain of Eastern Highlands Province Phonology Consonants * Consonant sounds /p t k m n z/ can have preglottalized sounds p ˀt ˀk ˀm ˀn ˀzoccurring word-medially. * The phoneme /f/ can be in free fluctuation with a voiceless bilabial fricative Vowels * /e/ can occur as word-initially or word-medially. * /a/ can occur word initially as Clause chaining Kamano Kafe exhibits a unique form of the clause chaining In language, a clause is a constituent that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaga Language
Abaga (or Wagama) is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria. The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga bg http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg References Critically endangered languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province Endangered Papuan languages {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gende Language
Gende (Gendeka, Gene; also Bundi) is a Papuan language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. External links * The Stephen A. Wurm collection at Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to ...SAW3 includes Gende materials References Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Madang Province {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabi Language
Isabi (Maruhia) is a Papuan language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References {{Kainantu–Goroka languages Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Madang Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimi Language
Gimi (Labogai) is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Phonology Gimi has 5 vowels and 12 consonants.Gimi Organised Phonology Data. anuscript /ref> It has and glottal consonants where related languages have and . The voiceless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fore Language
Fore or Foré is a Kainantu-Goroka language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Phonology The consonants of Fore are as follows:Graham Scott. 1977. The Fore Language of Papua New Guinea. (Doctoral dissertation, Australian National University; xvi+244pp.) All the dental consonants can vary to alveolar, except /t̪/ which is always dental. /p/, /t̪/, and /k/ are pronounced as /b/, /ɾ/, and /g/ between vowels. Velar consonants are labialized after rounded vowels. /j/ is often pronounced as a fricative /ʝ/. Fore has six vowels: It also has four diphthongs: ae, ao, ai, and au. Fore has a pitch accent system. Each syllable is either accented or unaccented. Multiple accented syllables can occur in the same word, but they cannot be adjacent to each other. External links * Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endanger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benabena Language
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan languages, Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Phonology Vowels * Vowel sounds /i, e, a, o, u/ can also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ʌ, ɔ, ʊ] in word-initial or word-medial positions. Consonants * /p, t, k/ can be heard as aspirated [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] in syllable-initial position, and can be heard as unreleased as [p̚, t̚, k̚] when preceding a consonant. * /β/ can be heard as a stop [b] in word-initial position, and also may rarely fluctuate with a glide [w]. * /ʝ/ can be heard as a glide [j] in stressed syllable word-initial position and can be heard as [z] in word-initial unstressed syllable position. * /s/ can be heard as [ʃ] before high vowels /i, u/. * /ɣ/ can be heard as [ɡ] in free variation among speakers. * /ɭ/ can be heard as a tap [ɽ] in free variation. References External links Benabena dictionary {{authority control Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokano Language
Tokano is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by approximately 6,000 people in Lower Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. It is also known as ''Gamuso, Tokama, Yufiyufa, Zaka, Zuhozuho,'' and ''Zuhuzuho''. There are currently few publications. A collection of folk tales translated by John Guhise was produced by SIL in 1977, at the Open Language Archives. and there are also portions of the Bible
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