The Kayagar languages are a small
family of four closely related
Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around the
Cook River of Indonesian New Guinea:
[New Guinea World, Gondu River]
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* Atohwaim (Kaugat)
* Gondu River
** Yogo ('Tamagario')
** Kayagar (Kaygir), Tamagario (Arare–Pagai)
Proto-language
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[
:
]
Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[
:
]
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970) and Voorhoeve (1971, 1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Gondu River
* (ibid.
Atohwaim
{{Papuan languages
Languages of western New Guinea
Cook River–Kolopom languages