Nimboran languages
The Nimboran languages are a small family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Grime River watershed, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. However, when proto-Nimboran pronouns are reconstructed (*genam "I" and kom or komot "thou"), they have little resemblance to the proto-TNG pronouns *na and *ga. Usher places them in a North Papuan stock that resembles Cowan's proposal.[2]
| Nimboran | |
|---|---|
| Grime River | |
| Geographic distribution | Grime River, New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Northwest Papuan?
|
| Glottolog | nimb1257[1] |
Foley (2018) classifies them separately as an independent language family.[3]
Classification
The languages are,[4]
Pronouns
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Nimboran are,
I *genam thou *kom, komot s/he ?
Below are pronouns in Nimboran languages as given by Foley (2018):[3]
Nimboran pronouns Nimboran Kemtuik Gresi Mlap Mekwei 1excl ngo gənam ganam ngam kə ~ kat 1incl yo imot 2 ko mot ko kom kmot 3 no nemot
As in Kaure, pronouns are not specified for number in the Nimboran language.[3]
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nimboranic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Usher, New Guinea World, Grime River
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
External links
- Nimboran word lists from Voorhoeve (1975) (TransNewGuinea.org)
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