The Duna–Pogaya (Duna–Bogaia) languages are a proposed small
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
Trans–New Guinea languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands ‒ corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia.
Trans–New Guinea is the third-la ...
in the classification of Voorhoeve (1975),
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
(2005) and Usher (2018), consisting of two languages,
Duna and
Bogaya, which in turn form a branch of the larger
Trans–New Guinea family.
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/ref> ''Glottolog'', which is based largely on Usher, however finds the connections between the two languages to be tenuous, and the connection to TNG unconvincing.
Language contact
Duna has had significant influence on Bogaya due to the socioeconomic dominance of Duna speakers over the less populous, less influential Bogaya speakers.
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
:
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
Evolution
Duna reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:
References
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Duna–Pogaya languages,
Trans–New Guinea languages
Languages of Papua New Guinea