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Orya–Tor Languages
The Orya–Tor languages are a family of just over a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. Classification The Tor family, named after the Tor River, is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Orya. Stephen Wurm Stephen Adolphe Wurm (, ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist. Early life Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky. ... (1975) linked Orya and the Tor languages with the Lakes Plain languages, forming a branch of his Trans–New Guinea phylum. Clouse (1997) found no evidence of such a connection. Malcolm Ross (2005) linked them instead with part of another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal, and Usher makes a broadly similar proposal. ''Glottolog'' accepts only the link with Orya as having been demonstrated. Languages Foley (2018) Foley (2018) provides the following classifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor River
The Tor River (Bahasa Indonesia: ''Sungai Tor'') is a river in Western New Guinea with a total length of . [ Sungai Tor] in [ Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-11-27 See also *List of drainage basins of Indonesia *List of rivers of Western New Guinea *Tor languages References Rivers of Papua (province) {{Indonesia-river-stub Tor basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwesten Language
Kwesten is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Arare, Holmhaven, Mafenter, and Omte villages in Sarmi Regency. References Languages of Western New Guinea Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |