The Kutubuan languages are a small family of neighboring languages families in

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. They are named after

Lake Kutubu Lake Kutubu is the second-largest lake in Papua New Guinea,Lake Kutubu
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stock. Within the two branches, the lexicostatistical figures are 60–70%. Between the two branches, they are 10–20%. * East Kutubuan ** Foe, Fiwaga * West Kutubuan **

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, Some, Namumi

Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Lake Kutubu
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Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from Franklin (1975), Franklin & Voorhoeve (1973), McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: :

Evolution

Proposed Kutubu reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Foi language: * ‘carry on back’ < * * ‘die’ < * * ‘eat’ < * * ‘leg’ < * * ‘neck’ < * * ‘tree’ < * * ‘wind’ < * * ‘bird’ < * * ‘mother’s sister’ < * ‘older same sex sibling’ Fasu language: * ‘die’ < * * ‘eat’ < * * ‘stand’ < * ‘mother’ < * * ‘father’ < * * ‘heart, stomach’ < * * ‘hair’ < * * ‘leg’ < * * ‘shoulder’ < * * ‘skin’ < * * ‘hand’ < * * ‘urine’ < * * ‘make the law’ < * ‘instructions’ * ‘long’ < * * ‘husband’ < * * ‘mother’s sister’ < * ‘older same sex sibling’ * ‘tree’ < * * ‘sand’ < * * ‘wind’ < *

References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Lake Kutubu
{{Papuan languages Languages of Southern Highlands Province Kikorian languages