The Gogodala–Suki or Suki – Aramia River languages are a small

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of Papua New Guinea, spoken in the region of the Aramia River. The four language are clearly related.

Languages

The languages are: * Gogodala–Suki family ** '' Suki'' language ** Gogodala (

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) branch: Gogodala, Ari, Waruna Gogodala–Suki languages and respective demographic information listed by Evans (2018) are provided below. :

Reconstruction

Phonology

The reconstructed sound system is,Usher, Timothy. 2020
Suki-Aramia River
''NewGuineaWorld''. It's not clear that there was *w or *j distinct from *u and *i.

Pronouns

Free pronouns and object prefixes are: : : (2sg and 3sg is zero.)

Lexicon

Proto-Suki–Aramia (i.e., Proto-Gogodala–Suki) lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: :

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Voorhoeve (1970), and Reesink (1976), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: :

Evolution

Gogodalic-Suki formed a branch of

Trans–New Guinea languages Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands ‒ corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is the third-lar ...

in the classification of Malcolm Ross. Possible reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Gogodala language: *''omo'' ‘breast’ < *amu *''magata'' ‘mouth, jaw’ < *maŋgat *''mele-pila'' ‘tongue’ < *mele-mbilaŋ *''imu'' ‘eye’ < *(ŋg,k)amu *''mi'' ‘louse’ < *iman, *niman *''kadepa'' ‘sun’ < *kand(a,e)pa *''ila'' ‘tree, fire’ < *inda *''na''- ‘eat’ < *na- *''mana''- ‘sit, stay’ < *mVna- Suki language: *''gigoa'' ‘

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’ < *ku(y)a *''na''- ‘eat’ < *na-

References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Suki – Aramia River
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gogodala-Suki languages Papuan Gulf languages Language families Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)