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The Kolopom languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005). Along with the Mombum languages, they are the languages spoken on Yos Sudarso Island (Kolopom Island).

Kolopom
Geographic
distribution
Kolopom Island, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Kayagar–Kolopom
    • Kolopom
Glottologkolo1268
Map: The Kolopom languages of New Guinea
  The Kolopom languages
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

Languages


The Kolopom languages are,[1]


Proto-language



Phonemes


Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[1]

*m*n
*p*t*s*k
*mb*nd*ndz*ŋg
[*w][*r][*j][*ɣ]
*i*u
*e*o
*a

Pronouns


Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1]

sgpl
1 *n[a/o]*nie
2 *K[a/o] (?)*ŋgie
3 *ep*emDe

Basic vocabulary


Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]

glossProto-Kolopom
head*tipV; *mVrV[w]
hair/feathers*muen[a]
ear/mind ? *mVrVk; *[ndz][o/u]an
eye*VnV
nose*ŋgon
tooth*t[e]r[a]k
tongue*mepreŋg
blood*iendz
breast/milk*mam
louse*nemeŋg
dog*n[ia]
pig*k[o/u][a]
egg*uak
tree/wood*nd[ua]t
man/person*ndz[ia]p
woman/wife*jowa[k]
moon*kumbanV
water*ndzu
stone*mete
name*n[e/a][k/ŋg]
two*[j]enapa; *sVp

Cognates


Cognates among Kolopom languages listed by Evans (2018):[2]

Kolopom family cognates
glossKimaghamaRiantanaNdomMarori
stonemɛtɛmɛtoemɛtəmɛrɛ / mara
cheekcamacəmasama
namenanarneɣ / naw
ropeniɛnanɛɣnaʒ

Vocabulary comparison


The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)[3] and Voorhoeve (1975),[4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]

glossKimaghimaNdomRiantana
head tuakworeːtmodo
hair munatomwenrutivö
eye avuoununoranömbö
tooth travaetrextudömbo
leg kuraturteː
louse nömeneːmönnöme
dog nöewawantnia
pig kuyarku
bird axanemönembörfene
egg wowaxwinömbana
blood döröethyerana
bone dunoinnduka
skin krarakrikirkwika
tree dondör; nduandör; ndua
man cixarefe therefrianoana
sun örewenmeːnoŋwa
water cuwer
fire iudrö
stone metemeːtmetö
name nenarria
eat muyexotmora
one növeresasmeːbö
two kavethefenava

Evolution


Kolopom reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[6]

Kimaghana language:

Riantana language:


References


  1. New Guinea World, Kolopom
  2. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern 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. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  6. 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.



На других языках


- [en] Kolopom languages

[fr] Langues kolopom

Les langues kolopom sont une famille de langues papoues parlées en Indonésie, en Nouvelle-Guinée, dans l'île de Yos Sudarso située dans la province de Papouasie.



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