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Lakes Plain Languages
The Lakes Plain languages are a family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Lakes Plain of Indonesian New Guinea. They are notable for being heavily tonal and for their lack of nasal consonants. Classification The Lakes Plain languages were tentatively grouped by Stephen Wurm with the Tor languages in his Trans–New Guinea proposal. Clouse (1997) rejected this connection to the Tor languages and grouped them with the Geelvink Bay languages. Malcolm Ross classifies the languages as an independent family, a position confirmed by Timothy Usher. Because of the apparent phonological similarities and sharing of stable basic words such as ‘louse’, William A. Foley speculates the potential likelihood of a distant relationship shared between the Skou and Lakes Plain families, but no formal proposals linking the two families have been made due to insufficient evidence. Additionally according to Foley, based on some lexical and phonological similarities, the Keuw language (current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Plains
The Mamberamo Lakes Plains (Dutch Meervlakte, Malay ''dataran danau-danau'') are a large, flat low-lying area of the Mamberamo River basin in the Indonesian province Papua on the island of New Guinea. The plain is defined by the meandering tributaries of the Mamberamo, and includes hundreds of oxbow lakes. It is 300 kilometers long and about 50 kilometers wide, and is entirely enclosed by mountains apart from the outlet of the Mameramo.Ronald G. Petocz (1989) ''Conservation and Development in Irian Jaya'', p. 8 It is inhabited in the west, but the eastern lobe is largely uninhabited. Biology Biologically, the plains are covered by tropical lowland jungle. Much of that is ''Adina'' and ''Barringtonia spicata'' (see '' Barringtonia'') swamp forest, large areas of sago palm, and marsh vegetation with ''Echinochloa stagnina''. During the rainy season, large parts of the remaining forest is flooded for months at a time. These areas are populated with ''Timonius'', '' Dillenia'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergative Case
In grammar, the ergative case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that identifies the noun as the agent of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages. Characteristics In such languages, the ergative case is typically marked (most salient), while the absolutive case is unmarked. Recent work in case theory has vigorously supported the idea that the ergative case identifies the agent (the intentful performer of an action) of a verb (Woolford 2004). In Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) for example, the ergative case is used to mark subjects of transitive verbs and possessors of nouns. This syncretism with the genitive is commonly referred to as the ''relative'' case. Nez Perce has a three-way nominal case system with both ergative (''-nim'') and accusative (''-ne'') plus an absolute (unmarked) case for intransitive subjects: ''hipáayna qÃiwn'' ‘the old man arrived’; ''hipáayna wewúkiye'' ‘the elk arrived’; ''wewúkiyene péexne qÃiwnim'' ‘the old man saw an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faia Language
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Kirikiri Language
Kirikiri (Kirira), or Faia (after its two dialects), is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dofu Wahuka and Paniai villages. Phonology Kirikiri does not have many consonant phonemes, but there are many consonant allophones, as in: */ɸ/ ¸, h, β, p*/t/ , d The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark () in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline ...*/k/ , É¡, x, É£*/b/ , β, m, mb*/d/ , n, nd, l, ɾ*/s/ , z, ʃ, Ê’ Kirikiri, like Doutai, has the fricativized high vowels iʼ and uʼ. There are 7 vowels: : References Tariku languages Languages of western New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayu Language
Fayu, also known as ''Sehudate'', is a Lakes Plain language of Papua Province, 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 ... spoken by about 1,400 Fayu people.Fayu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) It is spoken in Foida and other nearby villages. References Tariku languages Languages of western New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tause Language
Tause, also known as Doa or Darha, is a poorly-known Papuan language of Indonesia spoken by approximately 500 people, mainly in Derapos village. The Tause only made contact with the outside world in 1982. The Tause language has been widely reported to be related to the neighboring Lakes Plain languages; however, this conclusion is based on little evidence. Ross (2005) placed Tause in his East Bird's Head – Sentani family, along with another language isolate Language isolates are languages that cannot be classified into larger language families. Korean and Basque are two of the most common examples. Other language isolates include Ainu in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, and Haida in North America. The num ... and two small families, but this was motivated more by an attempt to spark further research than an actual claim of relationship. Usher (2018) classifies it as the most divergent of the West Lakes Plain languages. References * Languages of western New Guinea West Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tariku River
The Tariku or Rouffaer River is a river in the northern part of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is one of the major tributary of Mamberamo River with a total length of . - Geonames.org. Name During the Dutch colonial era it was known as the Rouffaer River.Hydrology The Tariku River flows generally eastward in the basin north of the island's central mountainous cordillera. Eventually it meets the , and at this confluence the two rivers become the , one of the largest rivers on the island of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awera Language
Awera is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken on the east side of Geelvink Bay, in the single village of Awera in Wapoga District, Waropen Regency Waropen Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 10,847.97 km2, and it had a population of 24,639 at the 2010 Census and 33,943 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid ..., Papua. The village has a majority of Ansus (Austronesian) speakers. References Wapoga languages Languages of western New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saponi Language
Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia. It was spoken in Botawa village of Waropen Bawah Subdistrict in Waropen Regency. Woria is also spoken in Botawa village. It shared half of its basic vocabulary with the Rasawa language Rasawa is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Rasawa village in Oudate District, Waropen Regency. Rasawa shares half of its basic vocabulary with the Saponi language Saponi is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia. It was spok ..., but it is not clear that they were related. Saponi shared none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns ''mamire'' "I, we" and ''ba'' "thou" are reminiscent of proto–East Bird's Head *meme "we" and *ba "thou". References Languages of western New Guinea Wapoga languages Unclassified languages of New Guinea Endangered unclassified languages Extinct languages of Oceania {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
