Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 14
Creators: name: Dutton, T. (Ed.)
name: Voorhoeve, C. (Ed.)
name: Wurm, S.A. (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1971

description: A-28
description: Contents iii{T. Dutton} 1LANGUAGES OF SOUTH-EAST PAPUA. 0.0. INTRODUCTION 6 0.1. Area 6 0.2. Aim 7 0.3. Methods and Materials 7 1.0. LANGUAGES 7 2.0. UNCLASSIFIED LANGUAGES 7 2.1. Maisin 8 2.2. Doga 8 3.0. AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES 9 4.0. NON-AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES 9 4.1. Binanderean Languages 9 4.2. Yareban Languages 12 4.3. Dagan Languages 15 4.4. Mailuan Languages 19 5.0 APPENDICES 26 5.1. Listing of Linguistic Materials Collected 26 5.2. Village Lists and Population Figures for Maisin (Unclassified) 29 5.3. Village Lists and Population Figures for Some Austronesian Languages of South-East Papua 30 5.4. Village Lists and Population Figures for Binanderean Languages in South-East Papua 33 5.5. Village Lists and Population Figures for the Yareban Language Family 36 5.6. Village Lists and Population Figures for the Dagan Language Family 37 5.7. Village Lists and Population Figures for the Mailuan Language Family 42CHART 1: Some Approximate Basic Vocabulary Cognate Percentages for Binanderean Languages 11CHART 2: Some Approximate Basic Vocabulary Cognate Percentages for Yareban Languages 14CHART 3: Some Approximate Basic Vocabulary Cognate Percentages for Dagan Languages 16CHART 4: Some Approximate Basic Vocabulary Cognate Percentages for Mailuan Languages 21MAP 1: Languages and Language Families of South-East Papua 2MAP 2: Languages of the Cape Nelson (Tufi) Area 3MAP 3: Languages of the Musa and Cloudy Bay Areas 4MAP 4: Languages Between Cape Vogel and Table Bay 5Bibliography 44{C. Voorhoeve} 47MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON LANGUAGES IN WEST IRIAN, NEW GUINEA.Summary 47 1. PREFACE 48 2. LANGUAGES OF NORTH-EAST WEST IRIAN 49 2.1. Introduction 49 2.2. The Sko Language 53 2.2.1. Phonology 53 2.2.2. Grammar 55 2.2.2.1. The Verb 55 2.2.2.2. Nouns 58 2.2.2.3. Pronouns 59 2.2.2.4. Syntax 59 2.3. The Tami Stock 60 2.3.1. Introduction 60 2.3.2. Lexicostatistical Relationships 61 2.3.3. Phonology 62 2.3.4. Grammar 64 2.3.5. Wider Relationships 66 2.3.5.1. Relationships with the Tor Language 66 2.3.5.2. The Sentani Group 68 2.4. Morwap 70 2.5. The Senagi Family 72 2.5.1. Introduction 72 2.5.2. Duka-Ekor 73 2.5.3. Dera 73 2.5.3.1. Phonology 73 2.5.3.2. Grammar 74 2.6. The Pauwasi Phylum 77 2.7. Unclassified Languages 77 3. LANGUAGES IN SOUTH WEST IRIAN 78 3.1. Introduction 78 3.2. The Kajagar Family 79 3.2.1. Introduction 79 3.2.2. Phoneme Inventories 82 3.2.2.1. Consonant Phonemes 82 3.2.2.2. Vowel Phonemes 85 3.2.2.3. Phoneme Distribution 85 3.2.3. Grammar 85 3.2.4. Genetic Relationships 87 3.2. The Sawuj Language 88 3.2.1. Introduction 88 3.2.2. Genetic Relationships 89 3.2.3. Phonology 90 3.2.4. Grammar 91 3.3. Warkai-Bipim 92 3.3.1. Introduction 92 3.3.2. Genetic Relationships 93 3.3.3. The Sound System 93 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 95 5. APPENDIX I 97 6. APPENDIX II 110MAP I 50MAP II 80{S.A. Wurm} 115NOTES ON THE LINGUISTIC SITUATION IN THE TRANS-FLY AREA. 1. INTRODUCTION 116 2. HISTORY OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE TRANS-FLY LANGUAGES 117 2.1. Voorhoeve's 1968 Classification 117 2.2. Wurm's Classification in Current Trends in Linguistics, volume 8 118 2.3. Voorhoeve's 1969 Classification 119 2.4. Voorhoeve's 1969-70 Classification 120 3. THE TRANS-FLY STOCK 128 3.1. Introductory Remarks 128 3.2. Composition of the Trans-Fly Stock 131 3.3. The Families included in the Trans-Fly Stock 134 3.31. The Kiwai Family 134 3.32. The Tirio Family 142 3.33. The Eastern Trans-Fly Family 145 3.34. The Pahoturi River Family 149 3.35. The Morehead and Upper Maro Rivers Family 151 3.4. Internal Relationships within the Trans-Fly Stock 160 3.5. Typological and Structural Features of the Languages of the Trans-Fly Stock 161 3.6. Wider Connections of the Languages of the Trans-Fly Stock, and Concluding Remarks 165Notes 168BIBLIOGRAPHY 170MAP I 124MAP II 130