The Kayagar languages are a small
family
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of four closely related
Trans–New Guinea languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands ‒ corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia.
Trans–New Guinea is the third-la ...
spoken around the
Cook River of Indonesian New Guinea:
[New Guinea World, Gondu River]
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* Atohwaim (Kaugat)
* Gondu River
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('Tamagario')
** Kayagar (Kaygir), Tamagario (Arare–Pagai)
Proto-language
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[
:
]
Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[
:
]
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970) and Voorhoeve (1971, 1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Gondu River
* (ibid.
Atohwaim
{{Papuan languages
Languages of western New Guinea
Cook River–Kolopom languages