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Angan Languages
The Angan or Kratke Range languages are a language family, family of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross. The Angan languages are clearly valid as a family. They were first identified as such by J. Lloyd and A. Healey in 1968; Wurm (1975) classified them as Trans–New Guinea. Glottolog treats Angan as a separate or unclassified family, ignoring further evidence. The languages are spoken in the Kratke Range of Eastern Highlands Province and adjoining areas of Gulf Province and Morobe Province. Languages Ross (2005) classifies the languages as follows: *Angan ** Angaatiha language, Angaatiha ** Angan proper (Nuclear Angan) *** Angan branch A: **** Hamtai language, Hamtai (Kapau) **** Kamasa language, Kamasa **** Kawatsa language, Kawatsa **** Menya language, Menya **** Yagwoia language, Yagwoia *** Angan branch B: **** Akoye language, Akoye (Lohiki) **** Yipma language, Yipma (Baruya) **** Safeyoka language, Safeyoka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kratke Range
Kratke Range () is a mountain range in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Several rivers, including Aziana, Yaiga, Lamari and Ramu originate from the mountain. History In November 1889, Hugo Zöller became the first European to enter the Kratke Range from the former German colony Kaiser-Wilhelmsland in German New Guinea during an expedition to the Finisterre Range. He then called it ''Krätkegebirge'', after the governor of German colony, (1845-1934). Kratke Range was only explored after the German colonial era at the beginning of the 1920s. Geography Kratke Range runs south of the Finisterre mountains on the other side of the river Markham and joins the Bismarck Range to the east. One of the peaks is called Zöllerberg after Hugo Zöller. The highest peak is Mount Tabletop with 3.686 m height. The mountain is volcanic in nature and is overgrown by tropical mountain rainforest. Above 3,000 m, alpine grasslands predominate. Various endemic bird species live in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagwoia Language
Yagwoia (Yeghuye), or ''Kokwaiyakwa'', is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are named after the five ethnicities, ''Iwalaqamalje, Hiqwaye, Hiqwase, Gwase, Heqwangilye'' (''Yeqwangilje'' dialect). Distribution Yagwoia is spoken in: *Eastern Highlands Province: Iqwalaqamalje *Gulf Province: Gwase *Morobe Province: Hiqwase, Hiqwaye, and Yeqwangilje Phonology * /p t k/ tend to become voiced d gin clusters with nasals or /l/. * /m n ŋ l/ can be syllabic. * /s/ is in free variation with Older speakers tend to pronounce it as s~dz * /t/ can often be heard as * /ɨ/ is rare. Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /ae/, /au/, /ou/. Yagwoia is tonal, distinguishing high and low tone. However, tone has a low functional load, and so remains unwritten. References External links * Paradisec have an open access collection oYagwoia recordings.They also have a collection of Jadran Mimica Jadran means the Adriatic Sea in Serbo-Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angan Languages
The Angan or Kratke Range languages are a language family, family of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross. The Angan languages are clearly valid as a family. They were first identified as such by J. Lloyd and A. Healey in 1968; Wurm (1975) classified them as Trans–New Guinea. Glottolog treats Angan as a separate or unclassified family, ignoring further evidence. The languages are spoken in the Kratke Range of Eastern Highlands Province and adjoining areas of Gulf Province and Morobe Province. Languages Ross (2005) classifies the languages as follows: *Angan ** Angaatiha language, Angaatiha ** Angan proper (Nuclear Angan) *** Angan branch A: **** Hamtai language, Hamtai (Kapau) **** Kamasa language, Kamasa **** Kawatsa language, Kawatsa **** Menya language, Menya **** Yagwoia language, Yagwoia *** Angan branch B: **** Akoye language, Akoye (Lohiki) **** Yipma language, Yipma (Baruya) **** Safeyoka language, Safeyoka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksapmin Language
Oksapmin is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Oksapmin Rural LLG, Telefomin District, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea. The two principal dialects are distinct enough to cause some problems with mutual intelligibility. Oksapmin has dyadic kinship termsThe Oksapmin Kinship System , retrieved May 21, 2009. and a body-part counting system that goes up to 27. Notable ethnographic research by Geoffrey B. Saxe at UC Berkeley has documented the encounter between pre-contact uses of number and its cultural evolution under conditions of monetization and exposure to schooling and the formal economy among the Oksapmin. Classification Oksapmin has been influenced by the |
Dyadic Kinship Term
Dyadic kinship terms ( abbreviated or ) are kinship terms in a few languages that express the relationship between individuals as they relate one to the other. In English, there are a few set phrases for such situations, such as "they are father and son", but there is not a single ''dyadic term'' that can be used the way "they are cousins" can; even the latter is not truly dyadic, as it does not necessarily mean that they are cousins ''to each other.'' The few, and uncommon, English dyadic terms involve in-laws: co-mothers-in-law, co-fathers-in-law, co-brothers-in-law, co-sisters-in-law, co-grandmothers, and co-grandfathers. Examples of dyadic terms for blood kin include Kayardild (Australian) ''ngamathu-ngarrba'' "mother and child", derived from ''ngamathu'' "mother", and ''kularrin-ngarrba'' "brother and sister", from ''kularrin'' "cross-sibling", with the dyadic suffix ''-ngarrba.'' Not all such terms are derived; the Ok language Mian has a single unanalysable root ''l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angave Language
Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 () Angave people in Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. History In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers. In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers. Phonology Vowels Diphthongs: Consonants Writing system An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was .... Notes * Further reading *Speece, Richard F. 1988. Phonological processes affecting segments in Angave. ''Language and Linguistics in Melanesia'' 17(1/2): 1–139. External links Ankave dictionary [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baruya Language
Yipma (pronounced as ''Hipma'') is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are ''Wantakia, Baruya (Barua), Gulicha, Usirampia (Wuzuraabya).'' History 'Baruya' refers to the accent of the Bruwa tribe, currently residing around the Marawaka station area. The original tribe that had been in Marawaka is the Anzii tribe. They are now located at the foot of Mount Yelia in three villages: Wauko, Ande and Mala. The Baruwa tribe were refugees, from somewhere in the Meniyamiya area of Morobe province, who had been driven out of their land in a tribal war, the Anzii while still in Marawaka peacefully took them in. After some time, tribal war broke out between the Anzii tribe and the Baruwa tribe and the Anzii tribe moved out from Marawaka to where they are now. Thus, "Baruya" is not a dialect but an accent, but 'Hipma' is more acceptable to speakers of other dialects. Dialects Usirampia is another accent of the Hipma language, but it is mixed up with another language called Buleki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawacha Language
Kawatsa is a nearly extinct Angan language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... According to one source, an estimated 12 people are believed to speak the language. It is spoken in Katsiong village (), Tsewi ward, Kome Rural LLG. References Languages of Morobe Province Angan languages Critically endangered languages Endangered Papuan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankave Language
Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 () Angave people in Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. History In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers. In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers. Phonology Vowels Diphthongs: Consonants Writing system An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was .... Notes * Further reading *Speece, Richard F. 1988. Phonological processes affecting segments in Angave. ''Language and Linguistics in Melanesia'' 17(1/2): 1–139. External links Ankave dictionary [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainae Language
Tainae is an Angan language of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... Famba (, Paiguna, and Pio () of Kotidanga Rural LLG are the main villages. A grammatical sketch of Tainae was written by Carlson (1991).Carlson, Terry. 1991. ''Tainae grammar essentials''. Manuscript. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. Phonology * Unvoiced consonants are voiced intervocalically or when adjacent to a voiced consonant. * /d/ is unvoiced when following another consonant. * /k/ is palatalized after /i/, and labialized adjacent to /u/. Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ai/, /ae/, /ao/, /au/, /oi/. Stress is usually penultimate, unless that syllable contains /ɨ/, in which case stress moves leftwards to the first syllable that does not contain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susuami Language
The Susuami language is a heavily endangered Papuan language, spoken in the resettlement village of Manki () along the upper Watut River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Demographics In 1980, it was estimated at 50 speakers, and faced competition from the several other languages spoken in the village, including distantly-related Hamtai and Angaataha, as well as the usual use of Tok Pisin with outsiders. In 1990, there are about a dozen speakers, and children were not learning the language, including the child of the only couple in the village who were both native speakers. Its continued survival is unlikely. References * Bernard Comrie Bernard Sterling Comrie, (; born 23 May 1947) is a British linguist. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and on Caucasian languages. Personal life Early life and education Comrie was born in Sunderland, Eng ..., Stephen Matthews, and Maria Polinsky. ''The Atlas of Languages''. New York: Facts on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simbari Language
Simbari or Chimbari is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. There are at least two dialects of Simbari. The Simbari language is partly cognate with Baruya.Fiske, Alan PageSambia notes Simbari is spoken by the Simbari people. Simbari culture and society have received extensive anthropological studies, especially by Gilbert Herdt Gilbert H. Herdt (born February 24, 1949) is Emeritus Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Anthropology and a Founder of the Department of Sexuality Studies and National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University. He founded .... See also *'' Sambia Sexual Culture'' Bibliography ;Phonological sketches *Lloyd, Richard G. 1973a. The Angan language family. In: Franklin (ed.), 31–110. *Lloyd, Richard G. 1973b. The Angan language family: Neighbouring languages. In: Franklin (ed.), 93–94. References Languages of Gulf Province Languages of Eastern Highlands Province Angan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |