Sarmi–Jayapura languages

Sarmi-Jayapura
Sarmi-Jayapura Bay
Geographic
distribution:
northern Papua
Linguistic classification:

Austronesian

Glottolog: sarm1241[1]

The Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages consists of half a dozen languages spoken in Papua province of Indonesia:[2]

Sobei, Bonggo, Tarpia (Sarmi), Kayupulau, Ormu, Tobati (Jayapura Bay)

These had previously been considered separate but related groups.

Ethnologue includes several additional Sarmi languages:

Anus (Korur), Liki, Masimasi, Podena, Kaptiau, Wakde, Yamna, ?Yarsun

Sound correspondences

Grace (1971:34-37) published a table of sound correspondences for the Sarmi languages, from which the following forms are gleaned. The languages are arranged from west to east.

Proto Oceanic Sobei Wakde Masimasi Anus Bonggo Tarpia
*api 'fire' yafu yafu yeif af yap
*isuŋ 'nose' su- hiu- si- su- sua- siwi-
*susu 'breast' sisu- ihi- su- su-
*ranum 'water' rani ranu ranu dein dan dan
*raun 'leaf' rau rau rou dau dau dau
*mapine 'woman' mefne mafani mofin mofin mupin
*manuk 'bird' maninetio mani mani mein man man
*pulu 'feather' fido firu firo fru puru
*puaq 'fruit' afo afu afo fowo fukwa pawa
*paqoRu 'new' fefou afafu fofou fieu pipiu
*patu 'stone' fati fati fati feit fiat payaʔ
*pat 'four' fau fau fau fau pau
*tolu 'three' tou tou tour tou tor tor
*taliŋa 'ear' tidi- tiri- tira- terne- təren- tarni-
*taŋis 'cry' -tan -tan -tan -tein tənian -nsin
*taumataq 'person' temto tamturi timot tumuat tamuʔ
*kutu 'louse' kute witi kut kut kuʔ
*kulit 'skin' wadi wari wiri keri kru kuru
*qone 'sand' wane wane wane wen wen wen
*qasawa 'spouse' eson ahun sawe sua tawa

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sarmi – Jayapura Bay". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.


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