East Pauwasi languages

East Pauwasi
East Pauwasi River
Geographic
distribution
Western New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationPauwasi
Subdivisions
Glottologeast2530

The East Pauwasi languages are a family of Papuan languages spoken in north-central New Guinea, on both sides of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border. They may either form part of a larger Pauwasi language family along with the Western Pauwasi languages, or they could form an independent language family.

Languages

According to Timothy Usher, the East Pauwasi languages, which seem to form a dialect chain, are:

East Pauwasi River
  • Zorop (Yafi)
  • Emem–Karkar

Usher also identified the Karkar (Yuri) language as Pauwasi.

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:

Language Emem Zorop Tebi Towei
head yebikol məndai məndini mindimna
hair yebipai mepai məndini-teke; məndini- teke mindi-teke
ear waigi faʔa
eye yu dji; ji ei; i ei
nose məŋai məndi
tooth jokol djurai; jurai kle kəreser
tongue metaləp klemalbo
leg puke fu(ŋi) puŋwa popnoa
louse yemare jemar; yemar mi
dog ende jendru; yendru
pig fər sər
bird olmu awe lumu; olmu yemu
egg yen sen alani; membi jek
blood mobe mob teri; təri edefi
bone kolk əndai gwane; gwano pana
skin abe fou; wu ser ser
breast muam mamu
tree nare; walti nare; war; wiŋgu wejalgi; weyalgi wemu
man yube arab toŋkwar tokwar
woman elim keke
sun yəmar djəmar; jemar maʔa yimap
moon djunk wuluma
water ende djewek; yender ai eye
fire yau dau; ju we we
stone yomei andrur kwola mafi
road, path mai fiaʔa
name ei awei; djei; jei kini ken
eat fer fel; fer ne nembra
one gərakam aŋgətəwam; əŋətəwam kərowali giona
two anəŋgiar anəŋgar kre krana

Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-East Pauwasi by Usher (2020) are:

gloss Proto-East Pauwasi
head/hair *mɛ
leaf/hair *mbVwai
ear *wVpi
eye *ji
nose *mɛi
seed/tooth *jɔ
tongue *mɜtaɺVp
foot/leg *mbu
blood *mɜp
bone *ŋgVɺ
skin/bark *apV, *jipi
breast *mɵ̝m
louse *jəmVɺ
pig *pVɺ
bird *and
egg *jVn
tree *naɺV, *waɺ
man/husband *jɵ̝pɛ
woman *VɺVm[i]
sun/sky *jəmaɺ
moon *juŋg
water *Vnd
fire/wood *jau
stone *mbVɺi
path *mVwai
name i
eat/drink *pɜɺ
one *aŋgVtamb
two *anVŋg

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