:Finisterre languages
{{short description|Language family of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Finisterre
|region=Finisterre Range, New Guinea
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Finisterre–Huon
|child1=Erap
|child2=Gusap–Mot
|child3=Uruwa
|child4=Wantoat
|child5=Warup
|child6=Yupna
|glotto=fini1245
|glottorefname=Finisterre–Saruwaged
}}
The Finisterre languages are a language family, spoken in the Finisterre Range of Papua New Guinea, classified within the original Trans–New Guinea (TNG) proposal, and William A. Foley considers their TNG identity to be established. They share with the Huon languages a small closed class of verbs taking pronominal object prefixes some of which are cognate across both families (Suter 2012), strong morphological evidence that they are related.
The most populous Finisterre languages are Wantoat, Rawa, and Yopno, with about 10,000 speakers apiece, and Iyo, with about half that number.
Internal structure
Huon and Finisterre, and then the connection between them, were identified by Kenneth McElhanon (1967, 1970). They are clearly valid language families. Finisterre contains six clear branches. Beyond that, classification is based on lexicostatistics, which does not provide precise classification results. The outline below follows McElhanon and Carter et al. (2012).
- Finisterre family
- Erap branch
- Boana: Nuk–Nek, Nakama, Numanggang, Munkip
- Finongan, Gusan, Mamaa
- Nimi, Sauk (Ma Manda), Uri
- Gusap–Mot branch
- Madi (Gira), Neko, Nekgini
- Ngaing, Rawa, Ufim, Iyo (Nahu)
- Uruwa branch: Sakam (Kutong) – Som, Nukna (Komutu), Yau, ?Weliki
- Wantoat branch: Awara–Wantoat (Yagawak, Bam), Tuma-Irumu
- Warup branch: Asaro'o (Morafa) – Molet, Bulgebi, Degenan–Tanda, Forak, Guya (Guiarak), Gwahatike (Dahating), Muratayak (Asat, Yagomi)
- Yupna branch: Domung–Ma (Mebu), Nankina, Bonkiman–Yopno (Kewieng, Wandabong, Nokopo, Isan), ?Yout Wam
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)McElhanon, K.A. and Voorhoeve, C.L. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. B-16, vi + 112 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. {{doi|10.15144/PL-B16}} and Retsema et al. (2009),Retsema, T., Potter, M., & Gray, R. 2009. [https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9185 Mungkip: An Endangered Language]. SIL Electronic Survey Report 2009-015, November 2009. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:{{Cite web |url=http://transnewguinea.org/ |title=TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea |last=Greenhill |first=Simon |date=2016| access-date=2020-11-05}}
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| class="wikitable sortable"
! ! colspan = "2" | Erap branch ! Gusap-Mot branch ! Uruwa branch ! Wantoat branch ! Warup branch ! Yupna branch | |||||||
| gloss | Mungkip | Uri (Sintogoro dialect) | Iyo | Yau (Mup dialect) | Tuma-Irumu (Irumu dialect) | Degenan | Yopno (Nokopo dialect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| head
| kʰige || dimin || kemba || kuwit || kʌyi || tʌnam || busuŋʌ | |||||||
| hair
| sɨsa; sɪsa || sɨsɑ || hu || dzioŋ || pundzi || gɔt || daŋwai | |||||||
| ear
| maget; magitnɛ || mɑgi || ɔsumbi || ɔndɔm || sukun || nʌm || kɔsim | |||||||
| eye
| dae; da·ge || de || tɔŋi || dan || dapur || dabəl || daƀʌl | |||||||
| nose
| miminɛ; mimiŋge || kininiʔ || umi || tanma || inami || || tomoni | |||||||
| tooth
| ma || || miti || man || men || mɛn || gɛn | |||||||
| tongue
| mabɛm; mabim || mɨmbɛm || mipi || motbin || mɛmber || mɛlɛ || mel | |||||||
| leg
| kada || kʌjoŋ || || || || || | |||||||
| louse
| mi; mīŋ || tumuŋ || imi || imon || imʌn || iməŋ || iat | |||||||
| dog
| sap || kuɣɔŋ || isa || sap || aŋ || umʌt || noŋkwak | |||||||
| pig
| kare || || || || || || | |||||||
| bird
| jāŋ || jɑŋ || nũ || || || || | |||||||
| egg
| qiliq || || || || || || | |||||||
| blood
| we·q || ʌmɑ || || || || || | |||||||
| bone
| kwadi; kwadzi || kʌti: || wimbi || kurat || konzar || doruk; ʌtʌt || kataar | |||||||
| skin
| girim || fugu || kowi || gib || gup; kʌndʌp || meᵲ- || gʌp; kandap | |||||||
| breast
| nom || nʌm || susu || mum || nonoŋ || mum || naŋ | |||||||
| tree
| bɛm || fɨɾi || || || || || | |||||||
| man
| mɛ || ʌmi || || amna || ama || || amen | |||||||
| woman
| tam || tɑmin || pare || ɔƀi || || || | |||||||
| sun
| maim; male || mɑjɛm || okisa || sep || kɔmi || ɔm || doran | |||||||
| moon
| jaʁip || mɑjɛp || || || || || | |||||||
| water
| ime; imɛ || ɑmɑ || sono || yamo || ome || ɩm || kʌlap | |||||||
| fire
| kuduk; kugup || kudip || te || ibdi || kʌndʌp || ɛřap || kandap | |||||||
| stone
| qawade || gʷunʌgʌm || || || || || | |||||||
| road, path
| tɛlɛ; tɛrɛpmēŋ || kʌdʌpʌŋ || ore || amsap || kandet || mar̃ʌn || kosit | |||||||
| name
| buŋām; wow || wɔp || owe || man || wop || maŋgi || mai | |||||||
| eat
| nʌna || || ne || na || na || na || na | |||||||
| one
| kubugaŋ || kubinik || || || || || | |||||||
| two
| lifɛt || fʌmɑʔ || || || || || |
References
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External links
- [http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0344 ELAR archive of Documenting Yupna Diversity]
Bibliography
- {{Malcolm Ross Pronouns}}
- Suter, Edgar (2012). Verbs with pronominal object prefixes in Finisterre-Huon languages. In: Harald Hammarström and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.). History, contact and classification of Papuan languages. [Special Issue 2012 of Language and Linguistics in Melanesia]. 23-58. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.
- Claassen, Oren R. and Kenneth A. McElhanon. 1970. Languages of the Finisterre Range. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 11, 45–78. Caberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Carter, John, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie and Janell Masters. 2012. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars. Dallas: SIL International. [Survey of Warup languages]
- Smith, Geoffrey P. 1988. Morobe counting systems. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 26, 1–132.
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