Mantion–Meax languages

East Bird's Head stock (3 languages)

• Mantion (Manikion, Sougb)
• Meyah family: Meyah (Meax), Meninggo (Moskona)

The pronouns Ross reconstructs for the proto-language (Usher's Southeast Bird's Head) are:

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	Number
Person	Singular	Plural
		exclusive	inclusive
1st	*da, *di-	*meme, *me-	*mimi, *mi-
2nd	*ba, *bi-	*ia, *i-
3rd	*e, *-	*rua, *ri-

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Basic vocabulary among East Bird's Head languages (Meyah, Moskona, Sougb, Hatam, Mansim) listed in Holton & Klamer (2018). The sets are not necessarily cognate.^[1]

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East Bird's Head family basic vocabulary

gloss	Meyah	Moskona	Sougb	Hatam	Mansim
‘bird’	mem	mem	ba	hab	waw
‘louse’	mej	mej	mem	mem
‘one’	egens	erges	hom	gom	wom
‘night’	motu	mot	loba	mmun
‘I’	didif	dif	dan	dani	danu

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Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary quoted by Holton & Klamer (2018)^[1] from Miedema & Reesink (2004: 34) and (Reesink 2005: 202), showing diverse non-cognate vocabulary across different branches:^[2][3]

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Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary

gloss	Meyah	Moskona	Sougb	Hatam
arm/hand	etma	etma	s(i)ra	ndab
leg/foot	aki	egak/oko	ohora	mig
house	mod	mod	tu	ig
good	oufa	ojfa	eigouh	kei
dog	mes	mes	mihi	nsien
pig	mek	mek	hwej	nab
chicken	mongkukar	memkoar	berougb	guri
louse	mej	mej	mem	mem
water/river	mei	mij	uhu	nyei
banana		meni	nej	wida

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• Hatam–Mansim languages
• West Papuan languages