Guhu-Samane | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2000 census) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ghs |
Glottolog |
guhu1244 |
Guhu-Samane, also known as Bia, Mid-Waria, Muri, Paiawa, Tahari, is a divergent Trans–New Guinea language that is related to the Binanderean family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).
The divergence of Guhu-Samane from other Binanderean languages may be due to extensive historical contact with Oceanic languages such as Numbami. [2]
Smallhorn (2011:131) gives the following dialects:
The dialect differences are principally lexical, but two voiced obstruents also show regular variants. The coronal obstruent is realized as /dz/ upriver in Bapi and Garaina, /d/ downriver to Asama, and /j/ farther downriver in Papua. The voiced bilabial is realized as /b/ inland but as /w/ at the coast (Sinaba and Paiawa) (Handman 2015:102).
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