Kayagar languages
Kayagar | |
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Geographic distribution: | New Guinea |
Linguistic classification: |
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Glottolog: | kaya1327[1] |
Map: The Kayagar languages of New Guinea
The Kayagar languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The Kayagar languages are a small family of three closely related Trans–New Guinea languages:
Pronouns are:
sg pl 1 *na-ka *ni-pi 2 *a-ka *akani[-ka] 3 *e-ka
References
- 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.