Kolopom | |
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Geographic distribution | Kolepom Island, South Papua |
Linguistic classification |
Trans–New Guinea
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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.
The Kolopom languages are: [1]
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 |
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: [1]
sg | pl | |
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1 | *n[a/o] | *nie |
2 | *K[a/o] (?) | *ŋgie |
3 | *ep | *emDe |
Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: [1]
gloss | Proto-Kolopom |
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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 among Kolopom languages listed by Evans (2018): [2]
gloss | Kimaghama | Riantana | Ndom | Marori |
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stone | mɛtɛ | mɛtoe | mɛtə | mɛrɛ / mara |
cheek | cama | cəma | – | sama |
name | nɛ | na | nar | neɣ / naw |
rope | niɛ | na | nɛɣ | naʒ |
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970) [3] and Voorhoeve (1975), [4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: [5]
gloss | Kimaghima | Ndom | Riantana |
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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 |
Kolopom reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: [6]