lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageUhunduni, also known as Damal (Damal-kal) and Amung (Amung-kal) after two of its dialects, is the language of the Amung people and Damal people. It is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). However, it is treated as an isolate by Palmer (2018).[2]
Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Indonesia
Uhunduni |
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Region | Central Papua: central highlands, Paniai Regency, Beoga and Ilaga sub-districts; Asmat, Deiya, Mimika, and Puncak regencies, north and south Puncak Jaya; possibly Lanny Jaya and Nduga regencies. |
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Ethnicity | Amung people, Damal people |
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Native speakers | 14,000 (2000)[1] |
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Language family | |
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ISO 639-3 | uhn |
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Glottolog | dama1272 |
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ELP | Damal |
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Map: The Amung language of New Guinea
The Amung language
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
Dialects are Amongme, Amung, Damal, Enggipilu.
Classification
Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider there to be sufficient evidence for Uhunduni to be classified as part of Trans-New Guinea, though they do note the following lexical resemblances between Uhunduni and proto-Trans-New Guinea.[3]
- no- ‘eat’ < *na-
- mo- come’ < *me-
- mini- ‘sit’ < *mVna-
- eme- ‘give’ < *mV-
Pronouns
Ross (2005) lists the pronouns as:
| singular | dual | plural |
1 |
na | iru | enoŋ |
2 |
a | | erop |
3 |
na | | nuŋ |
Iru is an inclusive dual.
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words of Damal (Uhunduni) are from the Trans-New Guinea database,[4] citing Voorhoeve (1975).[5]
gloss | Damal |
head | niŋok |
hair | niŋatok |
eye | noŋop |
tooth | naik |
leg | dok; nok |
louse | ma |
dog | mitim |
pig | bow |
bird | elato; olem |
egg | olemagam |
blood | nimang |
bone | dok; nok |
skin | nigip |
tree | em |
man | me |
sun | ul |
water | o; uk; ut |
fire | ka; kanelep |
stone | kela |
name | nem |
eat | nowin |
one | amenkak |
two | au; u |
Literature
The New Testament in Damal was published in 1988.
- Damal people and CMA. 1988. Haik-A Ongam Kal: Perjanjian Baru Dalam Bahasa Damal [Haik-A Ongam Kal: The New Testament in Damal]. Jakarta: Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia.
References
- Uhunduni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". 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. 1–20. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- 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. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- Voorhoeve, C.L. 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- 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.
На других языках
- [en] Amung language
[fr] Damal (langue)
Le damal (ou uhundi, amung, amungme) est une langue papoue parlée en Indonésie, dans la province de Papouasie.
[ru] Ухундуни
Ухунду́ни (индон. Uhunduni), также аму́нг и дама́л, — трансновогвинейский язык папуасского племени амунг. По классификации австралийского лингвиста Малкольма Росса[en] образует отдельную языковую ветвь[2], по мнению его соотечественника Билла Пальмера, является изолированным папуасским языком[3].
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