Asmat–Mombum Languages

	Asmat–Mombum Languages The Asmat–Muli Strait languages are a branch of the 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-lar ... spoken along the southern coast of Indonesian New Guinea, established by Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter. Protoforms of basic vocabulary include moi 'water', iafVnV 'ear', uase 'name', awoɣ 'breast'. Subdivision Asmat–Muli Strait consists of two primary subgroups: * Asmat–Kamrau * Muli Strait (''or'' Mombum, Komolom) Proto-language Phonology Proto-Asmat–Muli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and 5 vowels: : Vowels are a e i o u. Basic vocabulary Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: : References External links Timothy Usher & Edgar Suter, New Guinea WorldProto–Asmat – Muli Strait [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent state of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua. The largest cities on the island are Jayapura (capital of Papua, Indonesia) and Port Moresby (capital of Papua New Guinea). Names The island has been known by various names: The name ''Papua'' was used to refer to parts of the island before contact with the West. Its etymology is unclear; one theory states that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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-largest language family in the world by number of languages. The core of the family is considered to be established, but its boundaries and overall membership are uncertain. The languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been three main proposals as to its internal classification. History of the proposal Although Papuan languages for the most part are poorly documented, several of the branches of Trans–New Guinea have been recognized for some time. The Eleman languages were first proposed by S. Ray in 1907, parts of Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919, again by Ray. The precursor of the Trans–New Guinea family was Stephen Wurm's 1960 proposal of an East New Guine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Muli Strait Languages The Mombum languages, also known as the Komolom or Muli Strait languages, are a pair of Trans–New Guinea languages, Mombum (Komolom) and Koneraw, spoken on Komolom Island just off Yos Sudarso Island, and on the southern coast of Yos Sudarso Island, respectively, on the southern coast of New Guinea. Komolom Island is at the southern end of the Muli Strait. History of classification Mombum was first classified as a branch isolate of the Central and South New Guinea languages in Stephen Wurm's 1975 expansion for Trans–New Guinea, a position tentatively maintained by Malcolm Ross, though he cannot tell if the similarities are shared innovations or retentions from proto-TNG. Usher instead links them to the Asmat languages. Koneraw is clearly related to Mombum, but was overlooked by early classifications. Along with the Kolopom languages, they are the languages spoken on Yos Sudarso Island Pulau Yos Sudarso or Pulau Dolok is an island separated only by the narrow Muli Strait fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]