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Tirio Languages
The Tirio languages are a language family, family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross. The Tirio languages have about 40% of their lexicon in common. Languages *Baramu language, Baramu *Bitur language, Bitur (Mutum) *Tirio Papuan language, Tirio (Makayam, Aturu) *Were language, Were (Kiunum) Evans (2018) lists the Tirio languages as: *Tirio Papuan language, Tirio (Makayam) *Bitur language, Bitur (Paswam, Mutum) *Lewada-Dewara, spoken on Dewala village on Sumogi Island *Adulu (Aturu), also spoken on Sumogi Island Baramu is somewhat more divergent in vocabulary, but this may reflect language contact rather than divergence in its position within the family. Pronouns are only available for Tirio itself (Makayam). The moribund language Abom language, Abom was once classified as a divergent Tirio language, sharing only an eighth of its lexicon with the others, but it turns out to not belong to the family at all, nor to the Ani ... [...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] |
