Duna–Pogaya languages
Proposed Trans–New Guinea language branch
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The Duna–Pogaya (Duna–Bogaia) languages are a proposed small family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Voorhoeve (1975), Ross (2005) and Usher (2018), consisting of two languages, Duna and Bogaya, which in turn form a branch of the larger Trans–New Guinea family.[1] Glottolog, which is based largely on Usher, however finds the connections between the two languages to be tenuous, and the connection to TNG unconvincing.[2]
distributionHela Province, Papua New Guinea
- Duna–Pogaya
| Duna–Pogaya | |
|---|---|
| Duna–Bogaia | |
| Geographic distribution | Hela Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
Map: The Duna–Pogaya languages of New Guinea
The Duna–Pogaya languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
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Language contact
Duna has had significant influence on Bogaya due to the socioeconomic dominance of Duna speakers over the less populous, less influential Bogaya speakers.[3] Duna also has much more influence from Huli (a widely spoken Trans-New Guinea language) at 27–32 percent lexical similarity with Huli, while Duna has only 5–10 percent.[3]
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
sg du pl 1 *nó *ge-na *i-nu 2 *gó 3 *kó *ki-nu
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970),[4] Shaw (1973),[5] and Shaw (1986),[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[7]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ɔwa, hewa for "sun") or not (e.g. fando, tete for "louse").
gloss Bogaya Duna head yeľʌ; yela kuni hair heepi; yeľʌ eľika hini ear hona; hɔnʌn kɔhane; konane eye kina; kiːnʌn le nose kuuma; pfouľu kuma tooth yagai; yʌkʌi ne; nee tongue iki; ɩkin ogone; ɔgɔne leg yehei; yehʌi tia louse fando; fiľʌ tete dog ɔv̧ɔpi; yau yawi pig ʌpʌn isa bird aka; pitʌkʌ heka egg oondi; pitʌkʌ ɔ̃udi hapa blood sokoya; yesʌ kuyila bone hakale; hʌv̧ʌľe kuni skin hugwa; hukuʌn pulu breast alu; ʌľu abu; adu; amu tree dowa; tɔuʌ lowa; lɔwa man ami; ʌmĩ anoa; anɔa woman ĩmiʌ; imya ima sun owa; ɔwa hewa moon kaiyuu; kʌiu eke water paiyuku; pʌiuku yu fire dowada; tɔun lɔwa kiliana; lowa puru stone haana; hʌnʌ kana; kuna name ʌmĩn; yaga yaka eat nã; nosii nai-; neyana one mɔsʌ kɔmʌ; moso du two efʌn; yeefa yapa
Evolution
Duna reflexes of proto-Trans–New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[3]
- amu ‘breast’ < *amu
- konane ‘ear’ < *kand(e,i)k(V]
- kuni ‘bone’ < *kondaC