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The Teberan languages are a well established
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of
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that Stephen Wurm (1975) grouped with the
Pawaia language Pawaia, also known as ''Sira, Tudahwe, Yasa'', is a Papuan language that forms a tentative independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). Distribution Pawaia is spoken in: * Chimbu Province: ...
as a branch of the Trans–New Guinea phylum. There are two Teberan languages, Dadibi and Folopa (Podopa). They are spoken in
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and in adjoining provinces.


Classification

Malcolm Ross (2005) tentatively retains both Teberan and Pawaia within TNG, but sees no other connection between them. Noting insufficient evidence, Pawley and Hammarström (2018) tentatively leave Teberan as unclassified rather than as part of Trans-New Guinea. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for Teberan to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblances between the Teberan languages and proto-Trans-New Guinea. Dadibi: *''ami'' ‘breast’ < *amu Folopa: *''kabu'' ‘stone’ < *ka(mb,m)u V*''kolemane'' ‘star’ < *kala(a,i)m ‘moon’ *''kile'' ‘eye’ < *(ŋg,k)iti According to Dryer (2022), based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, Teberan is likely to be a subgroup of Trans–New Guinea.


Proto-language

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

The following basic vocabulary words are from Macdonald (1973), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: :


References

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External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Dadibi–Folopa
{{language families Languages of Papua New Guinea Teberan–Pawaian languages