Mantion–Meax languages
{{Short description|Language family of New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Mantion–Meax
Mantion–Meyah
|altname=East Bird's Head
|region=Papua
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=West Papuan?
|fam2=(extended) East Bird's Head
|child1=Mantion
|child2=Meyah
|glotto=east1459
|glottorefname=East Bird's Head
|map= East Bird's Head languages.png
|mapcaption= East Bird's Head languages (in red)
}}
The Mantion–Meax, Mantion–Meyah, or (South) East Bird's Head languages are a language family of three languages in the "Bird's Head Peninsula" of western New Guinea, spoken by all together 20,000 people.
Classification
Pronouns
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for the proto-language (Usher's Southeast Bird's Head) are:
:
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |
| || colspan="3"| Number |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| Person || rowspan="2"| Singular || colspan="2"| Plural |
| exclusive || inclusive |
| 1st
|*da, *di- || *meme, *me- || *mimi, *mi- |
| 2nd
| *ba, *bi- || colspan="2"| *ia, *i- |
| 3rd
| *e, *- || colspan="2"| *rua, *ri- |
Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary among East Bird's Head languages (Meyah, Moskona, Sougb, Hatam, Mansim) listed in Holton & Klamer (2018). The sets are not necessarily cognate.{{cite book |last1=Holton |first1=Gary |last2=Klamer |first2=Marian |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird’s Head |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=569–640 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}
:
| {{table}}
|+ East Bird's Head family basic vocabulary | |||||
| ‘bird’ | mem | mem | ba | hab | waw |
| ‘louse’ | mej | mej | mem | mem | |
| ‘one’ | egens | erges | hom | gom | wom |
| ‘night’ | motu | mot | loba | mmun | |
| ‘I’ | didif | dif | dan | dani | danu |
Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary quoted by Holton & Klamer (2018) from Miedema & Reesink (2004: 34) and (Reesink 2005: 202), showing diverse non-cognate vocabulary across different branches:Miedema, Jelle and Ger P. Reesink. 2004. One Head, Many Faces: New perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Leiden: KITLV.Reesink, Ger P. 2005. West Papuan languages: roots and development. In: Pawley et al. (eds.) 185–218.
:
| {{table}}
|+ Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary | ||||
| arm/hand | etma | etma | s(i)ra | ndab |
| leg/foot | aki | egak/oko | ohora | mig |
| house | mod | mod | tu | ig |
| good | oufa | ojfa | eigouh | kei |
| dog | mes | mes | mihi | nsien |
| pig | mek | mek | hwej | nab |
| chicken | mongkukar | memkoar | berougb | guri |
| louse | mej | mej | mem | mem |
| water/river | mei | mij | uhu | nyei |
| banana | meni | nej | wida |
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book| last = Reesink| first = Ger P. |editor=Ger P. Reesink | date = 2002| title = Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head| chapter = The Eastern Bird's Head Languages Compared| series = Pacific Linguistics| volume = 524| publisher = Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University| location = Canberra| pages = 1–44| hdl = 1885/146144| isbn = 978-0-85883-494-1 }}
External links
- [http://transnewguinea.org/family/eastbirdshead East Bird's Head languages database at TransNewGuinea.org]
{{West Papuan languages}}
{{Papuan languages}}
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