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The Eleman languages are a family spoken around Kerema Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Eleman
Kaki Ae – Kerema Bay
Geographic distribution	Kerema Bay, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	a primary language family
Subdivisions	Eleman proper Kaki Ae
Glottolog	nucl1580  (Eleman proper)
Map: The Eleman languages of New Guinea   The Eleman languages   Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

Languages and classification

The five languages of Eleman proper are clearly related. They were identified as a family by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1907, and would later be incorporated in the Trans–New Guinea classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005).

•  ? Kaki Ae (Tate)
• Eleman family
  • West: Keuru, Opao, Orokolo
  • East: Toaripi, Tairuma (Uaripi)

Purari was included by Brown (1968), but the only evidence is the 1sg pronoun nai, which might simply be a reflection of TNG *na.

The purported evidence for including Eleman in the Trans–New Guinea family lies in Kaki Ae. Franklin (1995) shows regular sound correspondences between Kaki Ae and Eleman, including Kaki Ae n to Eleman *r, so Kaki Ae nao 1sg appears to be cognate with Eleman *ara, both perhaps descending from proto-TNG *na. Likewise, Kaki Ae nu'u may reflect pTNG *nu, and the forms of the 2sg pronouns, ao and *a, are common in TNG languages.

Ross states that the Kaki Ae isolate links Eleman proper within TNG. However, Glottolog notes that the sound correspondences are just what one would expect from loans, given the different phonologies of the languages: Eleman has no n/l/r distinction, and Kaki Ae has no t/k distinction.[1]

Pawley and Hammarström (2018) classify Kaki Ae as a language isolate rather than as part of Eleman, noting that similarities with Eleman are mostly because of borrowing.[2]

Pronouns

The pronouns are as follows:

Eleman proper

	sg	pl
1	*ara	*ela
2	*a	*e(u)
3	*are	*ere(u)

Kaki Ae

	sg	pl
1	nao	nu'u
2	ao	ofe
3	era	era-he

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Eleman. TransNewGuinea.org.
• Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Eleman-Koriki. TransNewGuinea.org.
• Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-East-Eleman. TransNewGuinea.org.
• Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-West-Eleman. TransNewGuinea.org.
• Brown, Herbert A. "The Eleman Language Family". In Franklin, K. editor, The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea. C-26:279-376. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1973. doi:10.15144/PL-C26.279
• Brown, Herbert A. 1972. The Elema languages: A comparative study of the Toaripi, Orokolo and their related dialects. PhD thesis: University of London.
• Franklin, Karl J.. 1973. Appendices. In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas, Papua New Guinea, 539-592. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

References

• 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

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- [en] Eleman languages

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[fr] Langues eleman

Les langues eleman sont une famille de langues papoues parlées en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, dans la province du Golfe. Ces langues sont étroitement liées entre elles[1].

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[ru] Элеманские языки

Элеманские языки (англ. Eleman languages) — семья из семи[1] близкородственных папуасских языков, относящаяся к трансновогвинейской семье (филе)[1][2][3], на которых говорит группа береговых народов под общим названием элема[4], живущие на побережье залива Папуа[5] на юге острова Новая Гвинея[6] и примыкающих к нему районах, на юго-востоке провинции Галф в Папуа — Новая Гвинея, между мысом Поссешн[ceb] и границей Центральной провинции на востоке и устьем реки Пурари на западе. Численность семи этносов группы элема в 1980-е годы составляла 55 (по другим данным 58,5) тысяч человек. Среди этих народов имеется один сравнительно крупный — тоарипи[en], численность которого составляет 30 (28) тысяч человек[7], ороколо[en] — 10 тысяч человек, другие народы группы — 15 тысяч человек[2]. Соседями элема на западе, живущими в дельте Пурари являются корики. Элема и корики говорят на неавстронезийских языках, которые не сближаются ни с языком моту, ни каким-либо другим австронезийским языком, а между собой находятся в отношениях весьма дальнего и проблематичного родства[8][9].

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