Mawes language
{{Short description|Language in Papua}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Mawes
| region = Papua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo District - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Papuan
| fam1 = Northwest Papuan?
| fam2 = Foja Range
| iso3 = mgk
| glotto = mawe1251
| glottorefname = Mawes
| extinct = by 2024
}}
Mawes is a recently extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages.[https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/northwest-new-guinea/foja-range/west-foja-range/masep New Guinea World] Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate, and so does Hammarström (2010).Harald Hammarström. 2010. The Genetic Position of the Mawes Language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2, 8–12 February 2010, Manokwari, Indonesia. It had 850 native speakers in 2006, but was extinct by 2024.{{Cite web |date=8 March 2024 |title=11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry |url=https://jakartaglobe.id/news/11-indigenous-languages-declared-extinct-education-ministry#:~:text=Muksin%20specifically%20mentioned%2011%20extinct,in%20different%20areas%20of%20Maluku. |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Jakarta Globe}}
Pronouns
Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary of Mawes listed in Foley (2018):{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |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 Northwest New Guinea |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=433–568 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}
:
| {{table}}
|+ Mawes basic vocabulary ! gloss !! Mawes | |
| ‘bird’ | ikinin |
| ‘blood’ | wɛrɛi |
| ‘bone’ | tuan |
| ‘ear’ | bɛr |
| ‘eat’ | nan |
| ‘egg’ | siwin |
| ‘eye’ | nonsum |
| ‘fire’ | kani |
| ‘leg, foot’ | yaʔ |
| ‘louse’ | sene |
| ‘name’ | dimanɛ |
| ‘one’ | mɛndakai |
| ‘see’ | nomo |
| ‘sky’ | kowan |
| ‘stone’ | fɛt |
| ‘sun’ | ɛsar |
| ‘tooth’ | wan |
| ‘tree’ | dengkin |
| ‘two’ | yakɛneu |
| ‘water’ | bo |
| ‘woman’ | yei |
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. {{doi|10.15144/PL-B31}} as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:{{Cite web |url=http://transnewguinea.org/language/mawes |title=TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea |last=Greenhill |first=Simon |date=2016 |access-date=2020-11-05}}
:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Mawes | |
| head | defar |
| hair | tere |
| eye | nonsom |
| tooth | wan |
| leg | ija |
| dog | wede |
| pig | was |
| bird | ikinin |
| egg | siwin |
| blood | werei |
| bone | tuan |
| skin | dukunen |
| tree | deŋkin |
| man | ke |
| sun | esar |
| water | bo |
| fire | kani |
| stone | feyt |
| name | dimane |
| eat | nano |
| one | mendakai |
| two | yakenew |
Sentences
Of the few sentences that have been documented for Mawes, some example sentences are:{{rp|497–8}}
{{interlinear|number=(1)
|ɛbɛ marsya nomtak
|3SG yesterday come
|‘He came yesterday.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(2)
|wɛdɛ ɛbɛ ketes
|dog 3SG bite
|‘The dog bit him.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(3)
|ke-me totoso kida-wɛn mamɛnta fɛn tamu(k)
|man-? money 1SG-POSS father DAT/ALL give
|‘That man gave money to my father.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(4)
|ɛbɛ-mɛ dengkin nambuak kom sorna
|3sg-? tree machete INSTR cut
|‘He is cutting wood with a machete.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(5)
|ke-me sau fɛn banak
|man-? village DAT/ALL go
|‘That man went to the village.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(6)
|ke-me sau-er nom
|man-? village-ABL come
|‘That man came from the village.’}}
{{interlinear|number=(7)
|ke-me yei dete banak
|man-? woman COM go
|‘That man went with his wife.’}}
Further reading
- Wambaliau, Theresia. 2006. Survey Report on the Mawes Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
- Hammarström, Harald. 2010. The genetic position of the Mawes language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2. Manokwari, Indonesia, 8–12 February 2010.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mgk_swadesh-1/mgk.txt Rosetta Project: Mawes Swadesh list]
{{Papuan languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
{{Tor–Kwerba languages}}
Category:Languages of Western New Guinea