Mairasi languages

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The Mairasi languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross, that had been part of Stephen Würm's Trans-New Guinea proposal.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Pronouns 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Classification

• Mairasi family: Semimi, Mer, Mairasi, Northeastern Mairasi

Mairasi cannot be linked to other families by its pronouns. However, Voorhoeve (1975) links in to the Tanah Merah language in the Trans-New Guinea family, and further research is needed.

[edit] Pronouns

The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Mairasi are,

I	*omo	we	*etumaka (inclusive), *eme (exclusive)
thou	*nemi	you	*keme
s/he	?	they	*negi

[edit] See also

• Papuan languages

[edit] References