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Kainantu–Goroka Languages
The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South W ... in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family (the precursor of Trans–New Guinea), and are one of the larger branches of Trans–New Guinea in the 2005 classification of Malcolm Ross. Languages The constituent Kainantu and Goroka families are clearly valid groups, and both William A. Foley and Timothy Usher consider their TNG identity to be established. The languages are: * Goroka family ** Daulo *** Siane, Yaweyuha *** Gahuku: Alekano (Gahuku), Asaro River: Dano (Upper Asaro), Tokano (Lower Asaro) ** Benabena ** South Goroka: Fore, Gimi ** Isabi, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainantu
Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the " Highlands Highway" approximately by road west of Lae and by road east of Goroka. It is approx from a nearby missionary station Ukarumpa and is nearby the Aiyura valley. Kainantu has basic facilities such as a school, hospital, police station, district court, and service stations. History Early history The area was explored in the 1929 by the two Lutheran missionaries, Pilhofer and Bergmann. and again in 1930 by two Australian explorers Mick Leahy and Mick Dwyer. Early missions Under German New Guinea this area was part of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. Lutheran missionaries first established mission stations at Finschhafen and moved up the Markham Valley towards the Eastern Highlands. Between 1916 and 1918 the Kaiapit station was establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaweyuha Language
Yaweyuha (Yabiyufa) is a Papuan language spoken in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ..., and it is spoken by around 4,600 people. References {{Kainantu–Goroka languages Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanite Language
Kanite is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References Further reading * * Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamono Language
Kamano (Kamano-Kafe) is a Papuan languages, Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Nomenclature The terms 'Kamano' and 'Kamano-Kafe' are both used to refer to the language primarily spoken in Henganofi District, although within the linguistics literature Kamano refers to some varieties within the Kamano-Yagaria group, a dialect chain of Eastern Highlands Province Phonology Consonants * Consonant sounds /p t k m n z/ can have preglottalized sounds [ˀp ˀt ˀk ˀm ˀn ˀz] occurring word-medially. * The phoneme /f/ can be in free fluctuation with a voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ]. Vowels * /e/ can occur as [ɛ] word-initially or word-medially. * /a/ can occur word initially as [ʌ]. Clause chaining Kamano Kafe exhibits a unique form of the clause chaining system often described in Papuan languages. Clause chaining in Papuan languages typically involves one or more medial verbs with limited morphological possibilities being under the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaga Language
Abaga (or Wagama) is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria. The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga bg http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg References Critically endangered languages Languages of Eastern Highlands Province Endangered Papuan languages {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gende Language
Gende (Gendeka, Gene; also Bundi) is a Papuan language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... External links * The Stephen A. Wurm collection at ParadisecSAW3 includes Gende materials References Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Madang Province {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabi Language
Isabi (Maruhia) is a Papuan language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References {{Kainantu–Goroka languages Kainantu–Goroka languages Languages of Madang Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimi Language
Gimi, also known as Labogai, is a Papuan language spoken in the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. 23,000 speakers (2000 cited) speak the Gimi language. Phonology Gimi has 5 vowels and 12 consonants.Gimi Organised Phonology Data. It has voiceless and voiced glottal consonants where related languages have and . The voiceless glottal is simply a glottal stop . The voiced consonant behaves phonologically like a glottal stop, but does not have full closure. Phonetically it is a creaky-voiced glottal approximant . Vowels Consonants Allophony occurs word initially only in loanwords. can surface as either or in free variation. becomes before . and tend to fluctuate with one another word initially. Syllables The syllable structure is (C)V(G), where G is either or . Tone The final vowel of a word takes either a level or falling tone. The falling tone is written with an acute accent. Orthography Gimi uses the Latin script The Latin script, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fore Language
Fore or Foré ( ) is a Kainantu-Goroka languages, Kainantu-Goroka language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Phonology The consonants of Fore are as follows:Graham Scott. 1977. The Fore Language of Papua New Guinea. (Doctoral dissertation, Australian National University; xvi+244pp.) https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/c1e29047-94be-4757-a1d1-6679c850e3c9/content All the dental consonants can vary to alveolar, except /t̪/ which is always dental. /p/, /t̪/, and /k/ are pronounced as /b/, /ɾ/, and /g/ between vowels. Velar consonants are labialized after rounded vowels. /j/ is often pronounced as a fricative /ʝ/. Fore has six vowels: It also has four diphthongs: ae, ao, ai, and au. Fore has a Pitch-accent language, pitch accent system. Each syllable is either accented or unaccented. Multiple accented syllables can occur in the same word, but they cannot be adjacent to each other. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benabena Language
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... Phonology Vowels * Vowel sounds /i, e, a, o, u/ can also be heard as �, ɛ, ʌ, ɔ, ʊin word-initial or word-medial positions. Consonants * /p, t, k/ can be heard as aspirated ʰ, tʰ, kʰin syllable-initial position, and can be heard as unreleased as ̚, t̚, k̚when preceding a consonant. * /β/ can be heard as a stop in word-initial position, and also may rarely fluctuate with a glide * /ʝ/ can be heard as a glide in stressed syllable word-initial position and can be heard as in word-initial unstressed syllable position. * /s/ can be heard as �before high vowels /i, u/. * /ɣ/ can be heard as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokano Language
Tokano is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by approximately 6,000 people in Lower Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. It is also known as ''Gamuso, Tokama, Yufiyufa, Zaka, Zuhozuho,'' and ''Zuhuzuho''. There are currently few publications. A collection of folk tales translated by John Guhise was produced by SIL in 1977, at the Open Language Archives. and there are also portions of the Bible
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