The Kwerba family is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Isirawa. Mawes is added by Ross (2005), but not retained by Usher; Isirawa was rejected by Ross, but retained by Usher and by Donohue (2002). Usher also adds Kapauri–Sause.
Capell (1962) proposed placing Kwerba and Isirawa in a Dani–Kwerba proposal, which was retained in Stephen Wurm's 1975 Trans–New Guinea phylum. Malcolm Ross (2005) removed them and linked them with another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal. Usher follows Ross, but adds the Nimboran languages as well.
Foley (2018)edit
Foley (2018) provides the following classification.[1]
Basic vocabulary in Kwerba family languages (Isirawa, Kwerba, Kauwera, Samarokena) listed by Foley (2018) is provided below. Data for Samarokena is limited, but clear cognates linking Samarokena to the other Kwerba languages include the words for ‘fire’, ‘man’, ‘stone’, and ‘sun’ (note that hV- is assumed to be an accretion).[1]
^ 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.
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.
April 13, 2024
kwerbic, languages, kwerbic, greater, kwerba, languages, family, just, under, dozen, papuan, languages, spoken, indonesia, kwerbicgreater, kwerbawest, foja, rangegeographicdistributionnew, guinealinguistic, classificationnorthwest, papuan, foja, range, kwerba,. The Kwerbic or Greater Kwerba languages are a family of just under a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Indonesia KwerbicGreater KwerbaWest Foja RangeGeographicdistributionNew GuineaLinguistic classificationNorthwest Papuan Foja Range Tor Kwerba KwerbicSubdivisionsKwerba Isirawa Kapauri Sause MasepGlottologkwer1242 Contents 1 Classification 1 1 Foley 2018 1 2 Usher 2020 2 Basic vocabulary 3 See also 4 ReferencesClassification editThe Kwerba family is clearly established Its closest relative appears to be Isirawa Mawes is added by Ross 2005 but not retained by Usher Isirawa was rejected by Ross but retained by Usher and by Donohue 2002 Usher also adds Kapauri Sause Capell 1962 proposed placing Kwerba and Isirawa in a Dani Kwerba proposal which was retained in Stephen Wurm s 1975 Trans New Guinea phylum Malcolm Ross 2005 removed them and linked them with another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor Kwerba proposal Usher follows Ross but adds the Nimboran languages as well Foley 2018 edit Foley 2018 provides the following classification 1 Kwerba Isirawa SaberiAiroranSamarokenaBagusaKauwera KaowerawedjKwerba Air MatiKwerba Mamberamo NopukTrimuris Usher 2020 edit Usher uses the label West Foja Range to avoid the ambiguity of the name Kwerb a ic 2 West Foja Range IsirawaMasepKapauri Sause KapauriSauseApauwar River Apauwar Coast AiroranSamarokenaKwerba Kwerba Sasawa Kwerba Mamberamo Nopuk TrimurisBagusaKauweraBasic vocabulary editBasic vocabulary in Kwerba family languages Isirawa Kwerba Kauwera Samarokena listed by Foley 2018 is provided below Data for Samarokena is limited but clear cognates linking Samarokena to the other Kwerba languages include the words for fire man stone and sun note that hV is assumed to be an accretion 1 Kwerba family basic vocabulary gloss Isirawa Kwerba Kauwera Samarokena bird apre kaijetin kaceten blood asmɪra kumwa sac bone awa kak kaka eat na nanam egg cawarfa koret inem mehinia eye nuera nukwe nuk fire aniva siraba ser hesida ground u isiu esiu era hair perisira nerij niric I e co co ata leg teni tɪnic tenij louse negwan neːnun man ɪ ana ana ana one mri aberias abic oha penis taun tau taua see warɪ wa uwarim sky ono onis unis stone bati ton ton obeta sun sobe abij abic habesia tooth wana kwane kwan tree warara ic ic two napnɪ nenemwan ninic ened water pu pitu pitew bipihina we ne nino neno niːna woman avi es is you sg mɪ ame am amaSee also editOrya Tor languagesReferences edit 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 New Guinea World West Foja Range 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kwerbic languages amp oldid 1122967467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
