Marind–Yaqai languages

Marind–Yaqai
Marind
Geographic
distribution		South Papua
EthnicityMarind people
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Anim (Fly River)
    • Marind–Yaqai
Subdivisions
  • Marind
  • Yaqay
Language codes
Glottologmari1437
Map: The Marind–Yaqai languages of New Guinea
  The Marind and Yaqai languages
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

The Marind–Yaqai (Marind–Yakhai) languages are a well established language family of Papuan languages, spoken by the Marind-anim. They form part of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm and Malcolm Ross, and were established as part of the Anim branch of TNG by Timothy Usher.

Languages

The languages are:

Proto-language

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

*m*n
*p*t*k
*b*d*g
*mb*nd*ŋg
*s*h
*w*ɾ*j*ɣ

Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.

Pronouns

The pronouns are:

sgpl
1 *nok?
2 *oɣ*eoɣ
3m *anep*anip
3f *anup

Classification

The Marind languages were partially identified by Sidney Herbert Ray and JHP Murray in 1918; the family was filled out by JHMC Boelaars in 1950. It was incorporated into Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm in 1975.

The Boazi languages were formerly classified as Marind.

Evolution

Marind reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma:

See also

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 New Guinea World, Fly River[dead link]
  2. ↑ New Guinea World, Marind–Yakhai
  3. ↑ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.