The Awyu–Ok languages are a group of
Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.
Languages
The three language families in Awyu–Ok are as follows:
[New Guinea World]
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*Digul River
The Digul River () is a major river in southern Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is the fourth longest river in New Guinea after Sepik River, Mamberamo River and Fly River. With a total length of and has a drainage b ...
(Greater Awyu)
* Kamula–Elevala
* Ok
The Oksapmin language
Oksapmin is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Oksapmin Rural LLG, Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
The two principal dialects are distinct enough to cause some problems with mutual intelligibility.
Oksapmin has dyadic kins ...
is sometimes classified as the nearest relative of Ok. However, it's unclear whether the similarities are due to relationship or to contact between Oksapmin and Mountain Ok (or both).
Reconstruction
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[
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Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[
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The third-person pronouns are an innovation shared with the neighboring branch of Trans–New Guinea, ]Anim
Anim or ANIM may refer to:
Places
*A city in the mountains of Judah, now el-Ghuwein, near Eshtemoh, about 10 miles south-west of Hebron
*An alternative spelling for the biblical city of Anem, now Jenin
* Anim synagogue, a synagogue in Israel
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. The Awyu–Ok second-person pronouns show the same vowel ablaut for gender as well.
Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Digul River-Ok, Proto-Digul River, and Proto-Ok by Usher (2020) are:[
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References
External links
Digul River-Ok
New Guinea World.
Digul River
New Guinea World.
Ok
New Guinea World.
Kamula-Elevala River
New Guinea World.
Central Ok
New Guinea World.
Lowland Ok
New Guinea World.
Mountain Ok
New Guinea World.
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Central West New Guinea languages
Trans–New Guinea languages