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Arai–Samaia Languages
Arai–Samaia is a language family of New Guinea, proposed by Timothy Usher, that includes the Arai (Left May) and Samaia (Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate. * Arai and Samaia Rivers ** Arai River *** Ama *** Nimo–Nakwi *** Owiniga *** West Arai River ** Pyu ** Samaia River *** Amto *** Musan References Further reading *Conrad, R. and Dye, W.Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea. In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. Language families Papuan languages {{Papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the perceived resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the Guinea (region), African region of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arai Languages
The Left May or Arai languages are a small language family of half a dozen closely related but not mutually intelligible languages in the centre of New Guinea, in the watershed of the Left May River. There are only about 2,000 speakers in all. William A. Foley, Foley (2018) classifies them separately as an independent language family, while Usher (2020) links them with the Amto–Musan languages. The Left May languages are spoken at the extreme western end of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Ama language (New Guinea), Ama is the best documented Left May language. Languages The languages are: :Iteri language, Iteri (Rocky Peak), Nakwi language, Nakwi, Ama language (New Guinea), Ama, Nimo language, Nimo, Owiniga language, Owiniga, and (possibly) Bo language (New Guinea), Bo. Classification William A. Foley, Foley (2018) provides the following classification. ;Left May family *western branch: Ama language (New Guinea), Ama; Nimo language, Nimo; Iteri language, Iteri, Bo lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyu Language (Papuan)
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biake No. 2 village () of Biake ward, Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province. Additionally, there are about 150 speakers in Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. Classification Timothy Usher links the Pyu language to its neighbors, the Left May languages and the Amto–Musan languages Amto–Musan is a language family of two closely related but mutually unintelligible Papuan languages, Amto and Siawi, spoken along the Samaia River of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Languages Foley (2018) and Usher (2020) agree that ..., in as Arai–Samaia stock. An automated computational analysis ( ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013)Müller, André, Viveka Velupillai, Søren Wichmann, Cecil H. Brown, Eric W. Holman, Sebastian Sauppe, Pamela Brown, Harald Hammarström, Oleg Belyaev, Johann-Mattis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samaia Languages
Samaia may refer to: *Samaia, a kind of Georgian dance *Arai–Samaia languages Arai–Samaia is a language family of New Guinea, proposed by Timothy Usher, that includes the Arai (Left May) and Samaia (Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate. * Arai and Samaia Rivers ** Arai River *** Ama *** Nimo–Nakwi *** Owin ... of New Guinea * Guilherme Samaia (born 1996), Brazilian racing driver * Bara Char Samaia, a village in Bangladesh See also * Samaya (other) {{disambiguation , surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyu Language (Papua New Guinea)
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biake No. 2 village () of Biake ward, Green River Rural LLG in Sandaun Province. Additionally, there are about 150 speakers in Batom District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. Classification Timothy Usher links the Pyu language to its neighbors, the Left May languages and the Amto–Musan languages Amto–Musan is a language family of two closely related but mutually unintelligible Papuan languages, Amto and Siawi, spoken along the Samaia River of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Languages Foley (2018) and Usher (2020) agree that ..., in as Arai–Samaia stock. An automated computational analysis ( ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013)Müller, André, Viveka Velupillai, Søren Wichmann, Cecil H. Brown, Eric W. Holman, Sebastian Sauppe, Pamela Brown, Harald Hammarström, Oleg Belyaev, Johann-Mattis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arai–Samaia Languages
Arai–Samaia is a language family of New Guinea, proposed by Timothy Usher, that includes the Arai (Left May) and Samaia (Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate. * Arai and Samaia Rivers ** Arai River *** Ama *** Nimo–Nakwi *** Owiniga *** West Arai River ** Pyu ** Samaia River *** Amto *** Musan References Further reading *Conrad, R. and Dye, W.Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea. In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. Language families Papuan languages {{Papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Language Families
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term ''family'' is a metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree model used in historical linguistics analogous to a family tree, or to phylogenetic trees of taxa used in evolutionary taxonomy. Linguists thus describe the ''daughter languages'' within a language family as being ''genetically related''. The divergence of a proto-language into daughter languages typically occurs through geographical separation, with different regional dialects of the proto-language undergoing different language changes and thus becoming distinct languages over time. One well-known example of a language family is the Romance languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, and many others, all of which are descended from Vulgar Latin.Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.)''Ethnologue: Languages of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
