All the languages had been part of Stephen Wurm's 1975 Trans–New Guinea proposal, but he did not recognize them as a unit, retaining Kwerba within Capell's 1962 Dani–Kwerba proposal, for example. Foley (2018) classifies the Orya–Tor and Kwerbic languages together, as Tor–Kwerba.[1] Usher (2020) adds Nimboran and Mawes, naming the expanded family Foja Range, after the Foja mountain range[2] that passes through all four branches of the family.[3]
Reconstructed proto-Tor-Kwerba words that are widely distributed throughout the family (Foley 2018):[1]
*nukwe 'eye'
*tVn 'leg'
*nen 'louse'
*uŋis 'sky'
*ti ~ *it 'tree'
Referencesedit
^ abcdFoley, 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.
^"Foja" is the Dutch spelling, often rendered "Foya" in English, so one might expect that in modern Indonesian orthography it would be "Foya" as well. However, the Indonesian spelling remains "Foja", as it was before the spelling reform. Thus the "j" may be pronounced as either an English "y" or an English "j".
Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
External linksedit
Tor-Kwerba languages database at TransNewGuinea.org
April 11, 2024
foja, range, languages, kwerba, more, limited, scope, family, about, dozen, papuan, languages, they, named, after, foja, mountains, western, guinea, foja, range, kwerba, geographicdistributionnew, guinealinguistic, classificationnorthwest, papuan, foja, ranges. The Foja Range languages or Tor Kwerba in more limited scope are a family of about two dozen Papuan languages They are named after the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea Foja Range Tor Kwerba GeographicdistributionNew GuineaLinguistic classificationNorthwest Papuan Foja RangeSubdivisionsOrya Tor Greater Kwerba Nimboran MawesGlottologNone Contents 1 Languages 2 Typological overview 3 Pronouns 4 Cognates 5 References 6 External linksLanguages editAll the languages had been part of Stephen Wurm s 1975 Trans New Guinea proposal but he did not recognize them as a unit retaining Kwerba within Capell s 1962 Dani Kwerba proposal for example Foley 2018 classifies the Orya Tor and Kwerbic languages together as Tor Kwerba 1 Usher 2020 adds Nimboran and Mawes naming the expanded family Foja Range after the Foja mountain range 2 that passes through all four branches of the family 3 Foja Range Orya Tor Nimboran Mawes West Foja Range Greater Kwerbic Isirawa Masep Kapauri Sause Apauwar Kwerba Kwerbic Apauwar Coast KwerbaTypological overview editEven though grammatical gender is present in Tor Kwerba languages there is no overt gender marking on nouns 1 Pronouns editReconstructed proto Tor Kwerba independent pronouns are 1 Proto Tor Kwerba independent pronouns sg pl1 ati ait ne n 2 ame ameCognates editReconstructed proto Tor Kwerba words that are widely distributed throughout the family Foley 2018 1 nukwe eye tVn leg nen louse uŋis sky ti it tree References edit a b c d 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 Foja is the Dutch spelling often rendered Foya in English so one might expect that in modern Indonesian orthography it would be Foya as well However the Indonesian spelling remains Foja as it was before the spelling reform Thus the j may be pronounced as either an English y or an English j New Guinea World Ross Malcolm 2005 Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages In Andrew Pawley Robert Attenborough Robin Hide Jack Golson eds Papuan pasts cultural linguistic and biological histories of Papuan speaking peoples Canberra Pacific Linguistics pp 15 66 ISBN 0858835622 OCLC 67292782 External links editTor Kwerba languages database at TransNewGuinea org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Foja Range languages amp oldid 1194271857, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
