Gogodala–Suki languages#Evolution

The languages are:

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• Gogodala–Suki family
• Suki language
• Gogodala (Aramia River) branch:
• Gogodala
• Ari
• Waruna

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Gogodala–Suki languages and respective demographic information listed by Evans (2018) are provided below.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641–774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}

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The reconstructed sound system is,Usher, Timothy. 2020. [https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/papuan-gulf/suki-aramia-river Suki-Aramia River]. NewGuineaWorld.

It is unclear if there were phonemes *w or *j distinct from *u and *i.

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

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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}} Voorhoeve (1970), and Reesink (1976), 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}}

The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. atogi, ato, atu for “woman”) or not (e.g. mɛnəpila, poso, tamki for “tooth”).

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Gogodalic-Suki formed a branch of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. Possible reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:{{cite book |last1=Pawley |first1=Andrew |last2=Hammarström |first2=Harald |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Trans New Guinea family |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=21–196 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}

Gogodala language:

• omo ‘breast’ < *amu
• magata ‘mouth, jaw’ < *maŋgat[a]
• 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 ‘cassowary’ < *ku(y)a
• na- ‘eat’ < *na-

{{reflist}}

• {{Malcolm Ross Pronouns}}

• Reesink, G.P. "[http://dx.doi.org/10.15144/PL-A45.1 Languages of the Aramia River Area]". In Reesink, G.P., Fleischmann, L., Turpeinen, S. and Lincoln, P.C. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 19. A-45:1-38. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1976. {{doi|10.15144/PL-A45.1}}

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, [https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222139/https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/papuan-gulf/suki-aramia-river Proto–Suki – Aramia River]

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