The Awyu–Ok languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.
The Oksapmin language is sometimes classified as the nearest relative of Ok. However, it's unclear whether the similarities are due to relationship or to contact between Oksapmin and Mountain Ok (or both).
The third-person pronouns are an innovation shared with the neighboring branch of Trans–New Guinea, Anim. The Awyu–Ok second-person pronouns show the same vowel ablaut for gender as well.
Basic vocabularyedit
Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Digul River-Ok, Proto-Digul River, and Proto-Ok by Usher (2020) are:[1]
awyu, languages, group, trans, guinea, families, central, guinea, established, timothy, usher, though, with, precedents, earlier, studies, awyu, okdigul, river, okgeographicdistributioncentral, guinealinguistic, classificationtrans, guineacentral, west, guinea. The Awyu Ok languages are a group of Trans New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher though with precedents in earlier studies Awyu OkDigul River OkGeographicdistributioncentral New GuineaLinguistic classificationTrans New GuineaCentral West New GuineaAwyu OkProto languageProto Awyu OkSubdivisionsDigul River Greater Awyu Kamula Elevala OkGlottologawyu1265 Contents 1 Languages 2 Reconstruction 2 1 Phonemes 2 2 Pronouns 2 3 Basic vocabulary 3 References 4 External linksLanguages editThe three language families in Awyu Ok are as follows 1 Digul River Greater Awyu Kamula Elevala OkThe Oksapmin language is sometimes classified as the nearest relative of Ok However it s unclear whether the similarities are due to relationship or to contact between Oksapmin and Mountain Ok or both Reconstruction editProto Awyu OkReconstruction ofAwyu Ok languagesReconstructedancestorProto Trans New GuineaLower order reconstructionsProto Digul River Proto Kamula Elevala Proto OkPhonemes edit Usher 2020 reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows 1 Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velarplain labializedNasal m nPlosive plain p t k kʷprenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdz ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷFricative sSemivowel w jRhotic ɾPronouns edit Usher 2020 reconstructs the pronouns as 1 sg pl1excl ne nu1incl nup2m ŋgep ŋgip2f ŋgup3m eː i3f uThe third person pronouns are an innovation shared with the neighboring branch of Trans New Guinea Anim The Awyu Ok second person pronouns show the same vowel ablaut for gender as well Basic vocabulary edit Some lexical reconstructions of Proto Digul River Ok Proto Digul River and Proto Ok by Usher 2020 are 1 gloss Proto Digul River Ok Proto Digul River Proto Okeye kiːn roːp kin rop kiːn roːp mouth tooth maŋgoːt maŋgot maŋgoːttongue poːŋg pon kat poːŋgblood men s house kaim kaim kaimbone kundoːR kundor kundoːRskin bark kaːnd ka ː t kaːndbreast aː oː m noːn a o m nondog majaːn t i eː nd m a jan t i e t majaːn tindegg w ai ndin w ai ndin windinsun day a taːp a ta ː p a taːpmoon wakoːr wakor wakoːrwater aː oː k a o ː k oːkReferences edit a b c d New Guinea WorldExternal links editDigul River Ok New Guinea World Digul River New Guinea World Ok New Guinea World Kamula Elevala River New Guinea World Central Ok New Guinea World Lowland Ok New Guinea World Mountain Ok New Guinea World Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Awyu Ok languages amp oldid 1194785248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
