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West Bird's Head languages are a small family of poorly documented Papuan languages spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.

West Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution		West Papua
Linguistic classificationWest Papuan
  • West–Central Bird's Head
    • West Bird's Head
Glottologwest1493

The West Bird's Head (WBH) family is a well-defined family of six languages spoken at the western end of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea and the eastern part of the island of Salawati opposite the Bird's Head's western shore. Based on pronominal evidence, they are perhaps related to the North Halmahera languages of North Maluku.[1][2]


Language contact


West Bird's Head languages have been heavily influenced by Austronesian languages. Austronesian influence is evident in SVO word order (as opposed to SOV word order in most other Papuan language families), pronouns, numerals, and other typological features.[3]: 625 


Languages


Kuwani is attested only from a single word list, but is clearly distinct.[4]


Vocabulary comparison


The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]

glossKalabraMoiMoraidSegetTehit
head safassawasawagsadussam
hair sadinsaginsadiesalasgen
eye sifokosuosgolfunsitsifon
tooth telaefeketəlagifek-hek
leg terittelekerecekndeit
louse onsayamoŋwuthain
dog hounofunŋouŋawfu
pig beakbaikmimulamon
bird kalenkelemkeleklemklen
egg wekotolokbeguniwimesyen
blood heinsdamhijegsədamhon
bone koduskoduskedoqnədushonim
skin falak-kesikbalgnensiekfalek
tree koutoukpelubuamolom
man nadele(ne) daladlinanlanaadla
sun pundewetelutalepun
water kalakalakəlaklasem
fire salyaksalpyap
stone amakkwakampkuatamak
name nakadikedinumhamonenomokendim
eat atkarenwaknagriminateatni
one meremelemerəhməremre
two lapalitelokalila; lauh

References


  1. Gunter Senft; Linguistics, Australian National University Pacific (2008). Serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages. Pacific Linguistics. Research School Of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
  2. G. Reesink (2022). One Head, Many Faces: New Perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Boston: Brill. p. 31. ISBN 978-90-04-45438-5. OCLC 1312159896. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". 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. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  4. Voorhoeve, C.L. 1975. West Papuan Phylum languages on the mainland of New Guinea: Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula. Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, ed. by S.A. Wurm, 717-28. (Pacific Linguistics C-38). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  5. 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
  6. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.

На других языках

- [en] West Bird's Head languages

[fr] Langues bird's head de l'Ouest

Les langues bird's head de l'Ouest sont une famille de langues papoues parlées en Indonésie, dans la péninsule de Doberai, située à l'extrémité occidentale de la Nouvelle-Guinée, dans la province de Papouasie.


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