The term 'Sentani' is ambiguous. It may be used in a wider sense, including Demta, in a narrow sense (Sentani proper) excluding Demta – either as an unrelated language family or as a branch of Demta–Sentani – or for the Sentani language itself. Usher distinguishes these three scopes as 'Demta – Sentani Lake', 'Sentani Lake' and 'Sentani'.
Classificationedit
Demta–Sentani was a branch of Stephen Wurm's proposal for Trans–New Guinea. The languages have lexical similarities with the Asmat–Kamoro languages, though later linguists have not accepted the resemblances as indicative of a genealogical relationship. Pawley and Hammarström (2018) list the following resemblances between the Sentani languages and proto-Trans-New Guinea, though they classify Sentani as a separate language family rather than as part of Trans-New Guinea.[2]
C. Sentani an- ‘eat’ < *na-
C. Sentani mikæ ‘vomit’ (n.) < *mVkV[C]
C. Sentani mu ‘penis’ < *mo
W. Sentani, Tabla oto ‘leg’ < *k(a,o)ndok
Tabla miŋ, C. Sentani mi ‘louse’ < *iman
C. Sentani mi- ‘come’ < *me-
Ross (2005) does not believe these demonstrate a genealogical relationship, and proposes instead that the Demta–Sentani languages are related to the East Bird's Head languages, in a tentative East Bird's Head – Sentani family. Foley (2018) classifies them as an independent language family.[3] Usher (2020) tentatively includes them in a proposed Northwest Papuan family, though as of 2020 it's not clear whether the resemblances are due to inheritance or borrowing.
The connection between Demta and the Sentani languages is not supported by Søren Wichmann (2013)'s automated comparison.[4]
Pronounsedit
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-family are:
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970) (for Sentani)[5] and Voorhoeve (1975),[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[7]
^Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN978-3-11-028642-7.
^ abFoley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN978-3-11-028642-7.
^Wichmann, Søren. 2013. A classification of Papuan languages 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine. In: Hammarström, Harald and Wilco van den Heuvel (eds.), History, contact and classification of Papuan languages (Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, Special Issue 2012), 313-386. Port Moresby: Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.
^McElhanon, K.A. and Voorhoeve, C.L. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. B-16, vi + 112 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1970. doi:10.15144/PL-B16
^Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-B31
^Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
April 12, 2024
demta, sentani, languages, form, language, family, coastal, indonesian, papua, near, papua, guinea, border, demta, sentanidemta, lake, sentanigeographicdistributionlake, sentani, region, papualinguistic, classificationnorthwest, papuan, east, bird, head, senta. The Demta Sentani languages form a language family of coastal Indonesian Papua near the Papua New Guinea border Demta SentaniDemta Lake SentaniGeographicdistributionLake Sentani region PapuaLinguistic classificationNorthwest Papuan East Bird s Head Sentani Demta SentaniSubdivisionsDemta SentaniGlottologsent1261 Contents 1 Languages 2 Classification 3 Pronouns 4 Vocabulary comparison 5 See also 6 ReferencesLanguages editDemta Sentani 1 Demta Sentani proper Sentani Nafri Tabla Tanah Merah The term Sentani is ambiguous It may be used in a wider sense including Demta in a narrow sense Sentani proper excluding Demta either as an unrelated language family or as a branch of Demta Sentani or for the Sentani language itself Usher distinguishes these three scopes as Demta Sentani Lake Sentani Lake and Sentani Classification editDemta Sentani was a branch of Stephen Wurm s proposal for Trans New Guinea The languages have lexical similarities with the Asmat Kamoro languages though later linguists have not accepted the resemblances as indicative of a genealogical relationship Pawley and Hammarstrom 2018 list the following resemblances between the Sentani languages and proto Trans New Guinea though they classify Sentani as a separate language family rather than as part of Trans New Guinea 2 C Sentani an eat lt na C Sentani mikae vomit n lt mVkV C C Sentani mu penis lt mo W Sentani Tabla oto leg lt k a o ndok Tabla miŋ C Sentani mi louse lt iman C Sentani mi come lt me Ross 2005 does not believe these demonstrate a genealogical relationship and proposes instead that the Demta Sentani languages are related to the East Bird s Head languages in a tentative East Bird s Head Sentani family Foley 2018 classifies them as an independent language family 3 Usher 2020 tentatively includes them in a proposed Northwest Papuan family though as of 2020 it s not clear whether the resemblances are due to inheritance or borrowing The connection between Demta and the Sentani languages is not supported by Soren Wichmann 2013 s automated comparison 4 Pronouns editThe pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto family are I de exclusive we meinclusive we ethou wa you s he ne they Comparative pronouns in Sentani languages 3 pronoun Sentani Tabla Nafri Sowari1s de yae de te ye mini2s we yae we we ye we3s ne yae ne ne ye ngane1p excl me yae e me ngama1p incl e yae 2p me yae we mai me3p ne yae ne ne ye kumbiVocabulary comparison editThe following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon amp Voorhoeve 1970 for Sentani 5 and Voorhoeve 1975 6 as cited in the Trans New Guinea database 7 gloss Sowari Nafri Sentanihead tuniyiŋgan yebu falemhair pioupie mwa umaeye kariŋgewa iro i jokonose facetooth itini ce itehaleg nembia oto orolouse ami midog aweŋgen yoku yokupig nifie obo obobird ey au ayeegg kuku to doblood owar sa okibone ari iro poskin yow yim wa wabreast nimetree ya yeŋgan ono noman watuga to dosun omar sipo huwater yarim bufire payn i istone kara tuka dukaname aror to doeat emaŋo anforu anei koone upu mbe embaitwo pugwai be beSee also editPapuan languages Districts of Papua for a list of districts and villages with respective languagesReferences edit New Guinea World Demta Lake Sentani Pawley Andrew Hammarstrom Harald 2018 The Trans New Guinea family In Palmer Bill ed The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area A Comprehensive Guide The World of Linguistics Vol 4 Berlin De Gruyter Mouton pp 21 196 ISBN 978 3 11 028642 7 a b Foley William A 2018 The languages of Northwest New Guinea In Palmer Bill ed The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area A Comprehensive Guide The World of Linguistics Vol 4 Berlin De Gruyter Mouton pp 433 568 ISBN 978 3 11 028642 7 Wichmann Soren 2013 A classification of Papuan languages Archived 2020 11 25 at the Wayback Machine In Hammarstrom Harald and Wilco van den Heuvel eds History contact and classification of Papuan languages Language and Linguistics in Melanesia Special Issue 2012 313 386 Port Moresby Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea McElhanon K A and Voorhoeve C L The Trans New Guinea Phylum Explorations in deep level genetic relationships B 16 vi 112 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1970 doi 10 15144 PL B16 Voorhoeve C L Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist Preliminary classification language maps wordlists B 31 iv 133 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1975 doi 10 15144 PL B31 Greenhill Simon 2016 TransNewGuinea org database of the languages of New Guinea Retrieved 2020 11 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Demta Sentani languages amp oldid 1194271120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
