Kolopom languages
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distributionKolepom Island, South Papua
- Kayagar–Kolopom
- Kolopom
| Kolopom | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Kolepom Island, South Papua |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kolo1268 |
 Map: The Kolopom languages of New Guinea
The Kolopom languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The Kolopom languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005). Along with the Mombum languages, they are the languages spoken on Kolepom Island (Yos Sudarso Island) in South Papua, Indonesia.
Proto-language
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[1]
*m *n *p *t *s *k *mb *nd *ndz *ŋg [*w] [*r] [*j] [*ɣ]
*i *u *e *ɵ *o *æ *a
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[1]
sg pl 1 *n[a/o] *nie 2 *K[a/o] (?) *ŋgie 3 *ep *emDe
Basic vocabulary
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[1]
gloss Proto-Kolopom head *tipV; *mVrV[w] hair/feathers *muen[a] ear/mind ? *mVrVk; *[ndz][o/u]an eye *VnV nose *ŋgon tooth *t[e]r[a]k tongue *mepreŋg blood *iendz breast/milk *mam louse *nemeŋg dog *n[ia] pig *k[o/u][a] egg *uak tree/wood *nd[ua]t man/person *ndz[ia]p woman/wife *jowa[k] moon *kumbanV water *ndzu stone *mete name *n[e/a][k/ŋg] two *[j]enapa; *sVp
Cognates
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970)[3] and Voorhoeve (1975),[4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. mete, meːt, metö for “stone”) or not (e.g. tuakwo, reːt, modo for “head”).
gloss Kimaghima Ndom Riantana head tuakwo reːt modo hair muna tomwen rutivö eye avuo ununor anömbö tooth travae trex tudömbo leg kura tur teː louse nöme neːmön nöme dog nöe wawant nia pig ku yar ku bird axanemö nembörfe ne egg wo wax winömbana blood dörö eth yerana bone duno in nduka skin krara krikir kwika tree do ndör; ndua ndör; ndua man ci xarefe theref rianoana sun öre wen meːnoŋwa water cu wer rö fire i u drö stone mete meːt metö name ne nar ria eat muye xot mora one növere sas meːbö two kave thef enava
