One remarkable feature of the pronoun system of Kairiru is that it appears to have lost the distinction between 1st person inclusive and exclusive pronouns throughout its affix paradigms, but then recreated inclusive forms in its independent pronouns by combining 1st person and 2nd person forms along the lines of Tok Pisinyumi (< yu + mi). The inclusive-exclusive distinction is almost universal among Austronesian languages but generally lacking in Papuan languages.
^Kairiru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wivell, Richard (1981). Kairiru grammar. M.A. thesis, University of Auckland.
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Kairiru Grammar
January 26, 2023
kairiru, language, kairiru, three, spoken, mainly, kairiru, mushu, islands, several, coastal, villages, mainland, between, cape, karawop, cape, samein, near, wewak, east, sepik, province, papua, guinea, kairiruregioneast, sepik, province, northern, papua, guin. Kairiru is one of three Kairiru languages spoken mainly on Kairiru and Mushu islands and in several coastal villages on the mainland between Cape Karawop and Cape Samein near Wewak in East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea KairiruRegionEast Sepik Province northern Papua New GuineaNative speakers3 200 2000 census 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicWestern OceanicSchoutenKairiru ManamKairiruKairiruLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code kxa class extiw title iso639 3 kxa kxa a Glottologkair1263ELPKairiru Contents 1 Morphology 1 1 Pronouns and person markers 1 1 1 Free pronouns 1 1 2 Genitive pronouns 1 1 3 Possessive suffixes on inalienable nouns 1 1 4 Subject prefixes on verbs 1 1 5 Object suffixes on verbs 2 References 3 External linksMorphology EditPronouns and person markers Edit One remarkable feature of the pronoun system of Kairiru is that it appears to have lost the distinction between 1st person inclusive and exclusive pronouns throughout its affix paradigms but then recreated inclusive forms in its independent pronouns by combining 1st person and 2nd person forms along the lines of Tok Pisin yumi lt yu mi The inclusive exclusive distinction is almost universal among Austronesian languages but generally lacking in Papuan languages Free pronouns Edit Person Singular Plural Dual1st person inclusive taqam tuyieq1st person exclusive kyau qait tu2nd person yieq qam qum3rd person ei rri rruGenitive pronouns Edit Person Singular Plural Dual1st person inclusive taqait taqatu1st person exclusive wokyau tamoit taqatu2nd person yieqayieq maqam moqum3rd person yaqai rraqarri rraqarruPossessive suffixes on inalienable nouns Edit Person Singular Plural Dual1st person inclusive qait tu1st person exclusive k qait tu2nd person m qam qum3rd person ny rri rruSubject prefixes on verbs Edit Person Singular Plural Dual1st person inclusive ta ti 1st person exclusive wu ta ti 2nd person qo ka qu 3rd person a rra rri Object suffixes on verbs Edit Person Singular Plural Dual1st person inclusive qait tu1st person exclusive ky au qait tu2nd person y ieq qam qum3rd person i O rri O rruReferences Edit Kairiru at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Wivell Richard 1981 Kairiru grammar M A thesis University of Auckland External links EditKairiru Grammar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kairiru language amp oldid 1079656169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
