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Mek Languages
The Mek languages are a well established language family, family of Papuan languages spoken by the Mek people and Yali people. They form a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross (2005). Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975). Languages The Mek languages form three dialect chains (Heeschen 1998): * Eastern: Ketengban language, Ketengban (including Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una language, Una (Goliath), Eipomek language, Eipomek * Northern: Kosarek Yale language, Kosarek Yale–Nipsan language, Nipsan, Nalca language, Nalca * Western: Korupun-Sela language, Korupun-Sela (including Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) Proto-language Phonemes Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as 'perhaps' as follows: : : : Pronouns Pronouns are: : The difference between the two 3pl forms is not known. 2pl and 3pl have p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mek People
The Mek are a Indigenous people of New Guinea, Papuan people living in Dirwemna and Puldama, Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. They are closely related to Ketengban people in Pegunungan Bintang Regency. A television series on The Discovery Channel titled ''Living with the Mek'' was aired in 2008. See also *Indigenous people of New Guinea References External linksPhotos from the Mek tribal area Ethnic groups in Indonesia Indigenous ethnic groups in Western New Guinea Uncontacted peoples {{Asia-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Language
Una, better known as Goliath, is a Papuan language spoken in Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua. Dialects are (Western) Una, Bomela, Tanime, Eastern Sela, Kinome. Eastern Una is closer to Ketengban Ketengban, also known as ''Kupel'', is a Papuan language spoken in Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia, near the Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country ... (and often considered a dialect of). References *John Louwerse, 1988, ''The morphosyntax of Una in relation to discourse structure'' Mek languages Languages of Western New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mek Languages
The Mek languages are a well established language family, family of Papuan languages spoken by the Mek people and Yali people. They form a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross (2005). Mek, then called Goliath, was identified by M. Bromley in 1967. It was placed in TNG by Wurm (1975). Languages The Mek languages form three dialect chains (Heeschen 1998): * Eastern: Ketengban language, Ketengban (including Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una language, Una (Goliath), Eipomek language, Eipomek * Northern: Kosarek Yale language, Kosarek Yale–Nipsan language, Nipsan, Nalca language, Nalca * Western: Korupun-Sela language, Korupun-Sela (including Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) Proto-language Phonemes Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as 'perhaps' as follows: : : : Pronouns Pronouns are: : The difference between the two 3pl forms is not known. 2pl and 3pl have p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale Language
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. Originally restricted to instructing ministers in theology and sacred languages, the school's curriculum expanded, incorporating humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 due to the expansion of the physical campus and its scientific research programs. Yale is organized into fifteen constituent schools, including the original undergra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
