Gogodala–Suki languages
Papuan language family
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The Gogodala–Suki or Suki – Aramia River languages are a small language family of Papua New Guinea, spoken in the region of the Aramia River.
distributionAramia River region, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
- Gogodala–Suki
| Gogodala–Suki | |
|---|---|
| Suki – Aramia River | |
| Geographic distribution | Aramia River region, Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Papuan Gulf ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | suki1244 |
Map: The Gogodala–Suki languages of New Guinea
The Gogodala–Suki languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Languages
The languages are:
- Gogodala–Suki family
- Suki language
- Gogodala (Aramia River) branch:
Gogodala–Suki languages and respective demographic information listed by Evans (2018) are provided below.[1]
List of Gogodala–Suki languages Language Location Population Suki north-central Morehead Rural LLG 3,500 Gogodala Gogodala Rural LLG 26,000 Ari Gogodala Rural LLG ? Waruna Gogodala Rural LLG ?
Proto-language
Phonology
The reconstructed sound system is,[2]
| *m | *n | |
| *p | *t | *k |
| *b | *d | *g |
| *s | ||
| ?*r |
It is unclear if there were phonemes *w or *j distinct from *u and *i.
| *i | *u | |
| *e | *o | |
| *ɛ | ||
| *a |
Pronouns
Free pronouns[2] singular plural 1st person *nɛ *sɛ 2nd person *ɛ *dɛ 3rd person *o(-b) ?
Object prefixes[2] singular plural 1st person *n- *s- 2nd person *- *d- 3rd person *- *d-
(2SG and 3SG is zero.)
Lexicon
Proto-Suki–Aramia (i.e., Proto-Gogodala–Suki) lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[2]
gloss Proto-Suki-Aramia 1SG *nɛ 2SG *ɛ 3SG *o(-b) 1PL *sɛ 2PL *dɛ again *goarma and/with *da animate ref. *-te be/live *e[r] breast *bu eat *na fat/grease *sap[e/ɛ] fire *ir[a] garden *ega[d] girl *sua give to 3SG *ata heavy *mene know *it[a/o]ua language *gi leaf *bagu locative *-m louse *amu man *dar[o/a] mouth *magat night *is[ɛ/a] nose *min other *et[a/o] path *na... penis *o see *ti skin/bark *kakar stative *-[V]taka tail *uani this/here *mɛ-m tooth *poso tree *[e]i wallaby/meat *[u]kapu what?/who? *p[a]oa where?/to *bɛ wing *it[e/a] woman *ato yesterday/tomorrow *[ɛ/a]n[ɛ/a]p
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970),[3] Voorhoeve (1970), and Reesink (1976), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[4]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. atogi, ato, atu for “woman”) or not (e.g. mɛnəpila, poso, tamki for “tooth”).
gloss Ari Gogodala Suki head gabi ganabi tibodu hair tiːta tita nigbagu ear etubada; kɛso igibi iakadgu eye tokodaba tao itumku nose ndogu mina umuku tooth mɛnəpila poso tamki tongue mɛlɛpila leg gupi louse ikami ami daka dog sokɛ soke ebme pig uai kuainu bird soma egg momona blood dede bone mboige gosa budu skin kakala; puka kaka kaka breast omo omo tree yei riku man dalagi dala; dalagi daru; guargia woman atogi ato; susɛgi atu sun gadepa kadɛpa kamgu moon tɔkɔ water ogo wi fire awa ila araka stone -nadi road, path nape nabidi napru; rapru name enoma gagi yaka eat na- na one maitaia two saki
Evolution
Gogodalic-Suki formed a branch of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. Possible reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[5]
- omo ‘breast’ < *amu
- magata ‘mouth, jaw’ < *maŋgat[a]
- mele-pila ‘tongue’ < *mele-mbilaŋ
- imu ‘eye’ < *(ŋg,k)amu
- mi ‘louse’ < *iman, *niman
- kadepa ‘sun’ < *kand(a,e)pa
- ila ‘tree, fire’ < *inda
- na- ‘eat’ < *na-
- mana- ‘sit, stay’ < *mVna-
- gigoa ‘cassowary’ < *ku(y)a
- na- ‘eat’ < *na-