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Konda–Yahadian Languages
Konda–Yahadian is a pair of South Bird's Head languages spoken in Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...: * Konda * Yahadian Noting low cognacy rates, Holton and Klamer (2018) tentatively consider Konda–Yahadian, as well as Inanwatan–Duriankere and the Nuclear South Bird's Head family to each be independent language families until further evidence can be demonstrated. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Konda-Yahadian languages South Bird's Head languages Languages of Western New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: , , meaning Bird's Head in Indonesian and Dutch) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai'') is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces of Southwest Papua and West Papua. It is often referred to as The Vogelkop, and is so named because its shape looks like a bird's head on the island of New Guinea. The peninsula at the opposite end of the island (in Papua New Guinea) is called the Bird's Tail Peninsula. The peninsula just to the south is called the Bomberai Peninsula. Location and geography The Bird's Head Peninsula is at the northwestern end of the island of New Guinea. It is bounded by Cenderawasih Bay to the east, Bintuni Bay to the south, and the Dampier Strait to the west. Across the strait is Waigeo, an island in the Raja Ampat archipelago. Batanta island lies just off the peninsula’s northwest tip. Another peninsula, Bomberai Peninsula, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans–New Guinea Languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive Language family, family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as Western New Guinea, parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the List of language families#By number of languages, 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 several 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 languages, Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berau Gulf Languages
The Berau Gulf languages form a high-level branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family in the classification of Timothy Usher. They are spoken along the coasts of the Berau Gulf of western New Guinea (southwestern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the northern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula and the entirety of the Fakfak Peninsula), as well as the islands of Timor (primarily East Timor), Alor and Pantar further west. The constituent families are, * West Bomberai (including the Timor–Alor–Pantar languages The Timor–Alor–Pantar (TAP) languages are a language family, family of languages spoken in Timor, Kisar, and the Alor archipelago in Southern Indonesia. It is the westernmost Papuan languages, Papuan language family that survives (see Tambor ...) * South Bird's Head (North Berau Gulf) *'' Mor'' References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bird's Head Languages
The South Bird's Head or South Doberai languages are three language family, families of Papuan languages. They form part of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross (2005) and Timothy Usher (2020), though Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider them to be part of Trans–New Guinea. However, according to Matthew Dryer, Dryer (2022), based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, South Bird's Head languages are likely to be a subgroup of Trans–New Guinea. Languages The languages are as follows, * South Bird's Head ** Konda-Yahadian languages, Konda-Yahadian (Yabin): Konda language (Papuan), Konda, Yahadian language, Yahadian ** Inanwatan languages, Inanwatan (West South Bird's Head): Duriankere language, Duriankere, Inanwatan language, Inanwatan (Suabo) ** Nuclear South Bird's Head languages, South Bird's Head proper (East South Bird's Head): *** Kais language, Kais (Kampong Baru) *** I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konda Language (Papuan)
Konda (Ogit, Yabin) is the westernmost mainland Trans–New Guinea language. It is spoken in the villages of Wamargege and Konda villages in Konda District (near Teminabuan District), Sorong Selatan Regency. References Konda–Yahadian languages {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahadian Language
Yahadian is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of Southwest Papua. It is spoken in Yahadian village, Kais District, South Sorong Regency. Yahadian is closest to Konda, with which it is 60% similar lexically. Pronouns De Vries (2004:147) reports the following pronouns for Yahadian. External links * Paradisec has an open access collection from Bert Voorhoeve Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve (born 1930; also known as "Bert" Voorhoeve) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in Papuan languages. Education He completed his higher education in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in linguistics at Leiden Universi ... thaincludes Yahadian language materials References * de Vries, Lourens. 2004. A Short Grammar of Inanwatan: An endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. (Pacific Linguistics 560). Canberra: Australian National University. Konda–Yahadian languages {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (). It is one of the seven geographical units of Indonesia in ISO 3166-2:ID. Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian continent, the territory is almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest where traditional peoples live, including the Dani of the Baliem Valley. A large proportion of the population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city is Jayapura. The island of New Guinea has been populated for tens of thousands of years. European traders began frequenting the region around the late 16th century due to spice trade. In the end, the Dutch Empire emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inanwatan–Duriankere Languages
Inanwatan–Duriankere or Inanwatan is a pair of South Bird's Head languages The South Bird's Head or South Doberai languages are three language family, families of Papuan languages. They form part of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross (2005) and Timothy Usher ... spoken in New Guinea: * Inanwatan * Duriankere Noting low cognacy rates, Holton and Klamer (2018) tentatively consider Inanwatan–Duriankere, as well as Konda–Yahadian and the Nuclear South Bird's Head family to each be independent language families until further evidence can be demonstrated. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Inanwatan-Duriankere languages South Bird's Head languages Languages of Western New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konda–Yahadian Languages
Konda–Yahadian is a pair of South Bird's Head languages spoken in Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...: * Konda * Yahadian Noting low cognacy rates, Holton and Klamer (2018) tentatively consider Konda–Yahadian, as well as Inanwatan–Duriankere and the Nuclear South Bird's Head family to each be independent language families until further evidence can be demonstrated. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Konda-Yahadian languages South Bird's Head languages Languages of Western New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
