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Dagan Languages
The Dagan or Meneao Range languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the Meneao Range of the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea, the easternmost Papuan languages on the mainland. They are the most divergent of the several small families within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans–New Guinea. Languages The languages are: * Onjob * Southwest ** Daga ** Maiwa language, Mapena * East ** Southeast: Ginuman, Kanasi (Sona) ** Northeast: Dima (Jimajima), Umanakaina (Gwedena), and the nearly extinct Turaka Although clearly related, they are not particularly close. Umanakaina and Ginuman, for example, are only 23% lexically similar. Pronouns Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: : Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1965, 1967, 1973), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database. The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ''giana' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiwa Language (Papuan)
Maiwa is a Papuan language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of .... References Languages of Milne Bay Province Dagan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ru:Маива ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagan Languages
The Dagan or Meneao Range languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the Meneao Range of the " Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea, the easternmost Papuan languages on the mainland. They are the most divergent of the several small families within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans–New Guinea. Languages The languages are: * Onjob * Southwest ** Daga ** Maiwa language, Mapena * East ** Southeast: Ginuman, Kanasi (Sona) ** Northeast: Dima (Jimajima), Umanakaina (Gwedena), and the nearly extinct Turaka Although clearly related, they are not particularly close. Umanakaina and Ginuman, for example, are only 23% lexically similar. Pronouns Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: : Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1965, 1967, 1973), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: : Evolution Dagan reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma: Daga language: *''a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turaka Language
Turaka is a possibly extinct Papuan language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ....Troolin, David. 1998. ''Turaka Preallocation Survey Report thnologue code – TRH'. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. References Languages of Milne Bay Province Endangered Papuan languages Endangered languages of Oceania Critically endangered languages Dagan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umanakaina Language
Umanakaina, or Gwedena, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. It is a rather divergent member of the Dagan family. Bibliography ;Word lists *Anonymous. 1914. Vocabularies of languages spoken by the people of the Gwoiru mountains, and the Kanamara people on the main range and from Paiwa, Goodenough Bay, N. E. D. ''Papua Annual Report'' 1913–1914: 184–184. *Ray, Sidney H. 1938. The languages of the Eastern and South-Eastern Division of Papua. ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'' 68: 153–208. (Also includes word lists of Dima and other languages) References External links * 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 ... has a collection of materials from Tom DuttonTD1 that include Umanakaina language materials. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dima Language
Dima is a Papuan language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of .... A word lists of Dima can be found in Ray (1938).Ray, Sidney H. 1938. The languages of the Eastern and South-Eastern Division of Papua. ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'' 68: 153–208. References Languages of Milne Bay Province Dagan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanasi Language
Kanasi (or Sona) is the easternmost Papuan language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of .... Phonology Vowels Consonants References External links Alphabet and pronunciationKanasi Organized Phonology Data Languages of Milne Bay Province Dagan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginuman Language
Ginuman is a Papuan language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of .... References Languages of Milne Bay Province Dagan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daga Language
Daga (Dimuga, Nawp) is a non-Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. Daga is spoken by about 9,000 people as of 2007. The peoples that speak Daga are located in the Rabaraba subdistrict of Milne Bay district, and in the Abau subdistrict of the Central district of Papua New Guinea. Speakers The people who speak Daga live in the Rabaraba subdistrict of the Milne Bay Province on Papua New Guinea. This province is about 5,405.4 sq mi (14,000km2) with a population of 209,054 people. The economy of the province is supported by tourism, palm oil, and gold mining on Misima Island. During World War II, the Battle of Milne Bay took place in the province giving it some other significance. The Massim, the people of Milne Bay, have exchanged culture with nearby islands and gained many rituals from nearby including the Kula ring. The people of the Massim are characterized by matrilineal descent. The people of Milne Bay while distinct from, are still in culture sync with Papua New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of . At the national level, after being ruled by three external powers since 1884, including nearly 60 years of Australian administration starting during World War I, Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen. It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right. There are 839 known languages of Papua New Guinea, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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