Central Solomons languages
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The Central Solomons languages are four distantly but demonstrably related languages of the Solomon Islands. They were classified as East Papuan languages by Wurm, but this does not now seem tenable.
The four languages are Bilua of Vella Lavella Island, Touo (previously known in linguistics as Baniata) of South Rendova Island, Lavukaleve of the Russell Islands, and Savosavo of Savo Island.
[edit] Pronouns
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Central Solomons are,
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I *ŋai, *a s/he & I *e-le, *-ge exclusive we *a, *e thou & I *mai-le ?, *-be inclusive we *mai ?, *-me thou *ŋo, *-ŋa you two *-bele you *me, *-me she *ko, *-ma they two (F) *-lo they *-ma he *vo, *lo, *-va, *-la they two (M) *-la
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Structural Phylogenetics and the Reconstruction of Ancient Language History. Michael Dunn, Angela Terrill, Ger Reesink, Robert A. Foley, Stephen C. Levinson. Science magazine, 23 Sept. 2005, vol. 309, p 2072.
- Malcom Ross (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 15-66. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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