Strickland River Languages

	Strickland River Languages The East Strickland or Strickland River languages are a family of Papuan languages. Languages The East Strickland languages actually form a language continuum. Shaw (1986) recognizes six languages, which are: Upper: Fembe (Agala), Konai Odoodee (Tomu) Central/Middle: Gobasi (Nomad), Kubo, Samo Samo (–) founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire (''realm'', ''kingdom'', or ''tribal union''), stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovakia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to ... (Daba) Gobasi, Odoodee and Samo, but especially Gobasi, are also known as "Nomad". Pronouns Pronouns are: : Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: Evolution Supposed East Strickland reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Samo language: ''(da)subu'' ‘ashes’ < sumbu ''si''- � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland River. It was named after Edward Strickland, vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australasia by the New Guinea Exploration Expedition of 1885. Tributary Strickland River List of tributaries by length. Lagaip River Ok Om River * Upper Lagaip River * Kera River * Porgera River Environmental concerns The Porgera Gold Mine, run by Barrick Gold, is a mine near the Strickland, which is the source of environmental concerns in the area. Since 1992, Barrick Gold has dumped mine waste, particularly metal particulates A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Odoodee Language Odoodee (Ododei) is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... It is also called ''Tomu'', after the river along which it is found, and ''Nomad''. It has two dialects, the Hesif dialect and the Kalamo dialect. References Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Languages of Southern Highlands Province East Strickland languages {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	East Strickland Languages The East Strickland or Strickland River languages are a family of Papuan languages. Languages The East Strickland languages actually form a language continuum. Shaw (1986) recognizes six languages, which are: Upper: Fembe (Agala), Konai Odoodee (Tomu) Central/Middle: Gobasi (Nomad), Kubo, Samo Samo (–) founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire (''realm'', ''kingdom'', or ''tribal union''), stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovakia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to ... (Daba) Gobasi, Odoodee and Samo, but especially Gobasi, are also known as "Nomad". Pronouns Pronouns are: : Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: Evolution Supposed East Strickland reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Samo language: ''(da)subu'' ‘ashes’ < sumbu ''si''- � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Agala Language Fembe, or Agala, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... References Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bibo Language Gobasi, also known as Gebusi, Gobosi or Nomad, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... There are different varieties of Gobasi. They are known as the Oibae, Bibo and Honibo dialects. References Further reading * External links Rosetta Project: Gobasi Swadesh List Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Samo Language (New Guinea) Samo, also known as Daba, Nomad, and Supei, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River in Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It has switch-reference In linguistics, switch-reference (SR) describes any clause-level morpheme that signals whether certain prominent arguments in 'adjacent' clauses are coreferential. In most cases, it marks whether the subject of the verb in one clause is corefere ... marking for the subject of a clause. References Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kubo Language Kubo is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... References Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gobasi Language Gobasi, also known as Gebusi, Gobosi or Nomad, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... There are different varieties of Gobasi. They are known as the Oibae, Bibo and Honibo dialects. References Further reading * External links Rosetta Project: Gobasi Swadesh List Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Konai Language Konai is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ..., spoken on the west bank of the Strickland River. Phonology Konai has 6 vowels. All of them can be nasalized. The ''ou'' with inverted breve actually has a regular inverted breve centered between the two letters. Further information about the phonology of Konai can be found in Årsjö & Årsjö (2005).Årsjö, Sören and Britten Årsjö. 2005. Phonology and orthography essentials: Konai (Kalai) language (Western Province Papua New Guinea). In: Parker (ed.), 211–260. Vowels (orthographic) Consonants (orthographic) Sample ''Toguei e̱ hegie degei. E̲ hegie ta mo͟͡uma nalamo͟͡u fima̱i̱. Toguei kaha̱ wai duguo, wai habiya kaha̱ awaimo͡u dugu. Toguei kaha̱ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian province of Papua. The provincial capital is Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil. Other major settlements are Kiunga, Ningerum, Olsobip and Balimo. The provincial government has, as with the governments of North Solomons, Chimbu and Northern provinces, sought to change the name of the province. The government uses the name Fly River Provincial Government; however, this remains unofficial as it has not been changed in the Constitution of Papua New Guinea. Geography and ecology Western Province covers 99,300 km² and is the largest province in Papua New Guinea by area. There are several large rivers that run through the province, including the Fly River and its tributaries the Strickland and Ok Tedi rivers. The largest lake in Papua New Guinea, Lake Murray, is also in Western Province. This province is the only part of Papua New Guinea to hold land we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fembe Language Fembe, or Agala, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River The Strickland River is a major river in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the longest and largest tributary of the Fly River with a total length of including the Lagaip River the farthest distance river source of the Strickland .... References Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) East Strickland languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]