lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageMundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village (4.415234°S 143.859962°E / -4.415234; 143.859962 (Biwat)) of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[2][3]
Phonology
Mundukumo consonants are:[4]
| p | t | | k |
| ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮʤ | ᵑg |
| m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
| f | s | | |
| mv | | | |
| r | | |
| w | | j | |
Nouns
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and their irregular plural forms:[4]: 228
| gloss | singular | plural |
|---|
| ‘snake’ | mas | mase |
| ‘tooth’ | adusuva | adusuvavi |
| ‘bone’ | avu | avuvavi |
| ‘nose’ | ŋlək | ŋlu |
| ‘thigh’ | guak | go |
| ‘hand’ | klik | klia |
| ‘dog’ | ken | kidu |
| ‘betelnut’ | siman | simadu |
| ‘ear’ | tuan | tuadu |
| ‘fire’ | mən | məda |
| ‘basket’ | ban | bada |
| ‘mouth’ | balaŋ | balagi |
| ‘house’ | klaŋ | klagi |
| ‘star’ | susuaŋ | susuagi |
| ‘water’ | mam | mabi |
| ‘neck’ | volam | volabi |
| ‘ball’ | muŋmam | muŋmabi |
| ‘cassowary’ | kalim | kalimu |
| ‘girl’ | analom | analomu |
| ‘paddle’ | dum | dumu |
Similar patterns of complex nominal plural allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages.[4]: 228
External links
Further reading
- McDowell, Nancy. 1991. The Mundugumor: From the Fieldnotes of Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- McElvenny, James. 2007. Notes on Mundukumo. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney.
References
- Mundugumor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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| Bosavi | |
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| Chimbu–Wahgi | |
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| New Ireland | |
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| Duna–Pogaya | |
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| East Kutubuan | |
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| East Strickland | |
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| Engan | |
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| Eleman | |
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| Ok–Oksapmin | |
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| Teberan | |
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| Tirio | |
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| Turama–Kikorian | |
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| Larger families |
- Finisterre–Huon
- Kainantu–Goroka
- Madang
- Ramu–Lower Sepik
- Sepik
- Southeast Papuan
- Torricelli
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На других языках
- [en] Mundugumor language
[fr] Biwat
Le biwat est une langue papoue parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée dans la province de Sepik oriental.
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