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Trans–New Guinea language grouping From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Momuna–Mek languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.
Momuna–Mek | |
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Geographic distribution | central New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Proto-language | Proto-Momuna–Mek |
Subdivisions | |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | None |
The languages of Momuna–Mek are the Mek language family and the Momuna (Somahai) language.[1]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as follows:[1]
m | n | |||
p | t | k | kʷ | |
b | d | g | gʷ | |
s | ||||
w | l | j |
i | u | |
e | o | |
ɛ | ɔ | |
a | ɒ |
ei | ou |
ɛi | ɔu |
ai | au |
aɛ | aɔ |
Only a few of the pronouns have been reconstructed:[1]
sg | pl | |
---|---|---|
1 | *na | |
2 | *kɒn | |
3 | *tun |
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