Magɨ: An undocumented language of Papua New Guinea (original) (raw)

History, contact and classification of Papuan languages, Part I

2012

Healey (1970) and Voorhoeve (2001) established the Awyu-Dumut family of Papuan languages in the Digul Basin of West Papua and presented a proto Awyu-Dumut phonology. This paper presents an outline of a proto Awyu-Dumut morphology and discusses the linguistic position of Korowai and Kombai in relation to the Awyu-Dumut family. It is argued that Korowai is not a member of the Awyu-Dumut family but a member of a sister branch of Awyu-Dumut within a larger genetic group that we call Greater Awyu. Kombai is a member of the Awyu-Dumut family but is not a member of one of the two subgroups, Awyu and Dumut, proposed by Healey (1970). Rather, Kombai is a member of a third subgroup that we call the Ndeiram subgroup of the Awyu-Dumut family.

Austronesian Languages in Papua. A Description of its Phonological and Grammatical Aspects

Global Journal of Human Social Science Research, 2013

The unique place in the globe which owns almost thousands of languages is found in New Guinea Island; one of the languages belongs to Austronesian languages are the primary focus in this article. These languages and other languages in this island are noted to be gigantic assets to linguists who are interested in exploring the distinctive languages in the world in the area of linguistics. The article aims at presenting the historical description of Austronesian languages including its characteristics. Its phonological and grammatical aspects are presented to demonstrate the uniqueness of these languages used by speakers who have typical characteristics of the Austronesian cultural backgrounds. A brief history of Austronesian culture is also provided. The word "Papua" (used to be called Irian Jaya) in the above title is the name of the Eastern Province belongs to the Republic of Indonesia. This province shares border with Papua New Guinea (PNG). Keywords : nan (non austronesian); an (austronesian); an1 (austronesian 1); an2 z (austronesian 2).

Towards a Papuan history of languages

The paper argues that in order to understand 'Papuan' linguistics, we must examine many languages that have been (not entirely correctly) characterised as being Austronesian.

History, contact and classification of Papuan languages

ABSTRACT Healey (1970) and Voorhoeve (2001) established the Awyu-Dumut family of Papuan languages in the Digul Basin of West Papua and presented a proto Awyu-Dumut phonology. This paper presents an outline of a proto Awyu-Dumut morphology and discusses the linguistic position of Korowai and Kombai in relation to the Awyu-Dumut family.

A grammar of Ma Manda: a Papuan language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

2016

This is a grammar of Ma Manda, a language of Papua New Guinea, which covers major aspects of this previously undescribed language. The analysis is supported by culturally-embedded examples from a recorded text corpus. The result is a comprehensive preservation of this endangered language for its speakers, and for linguistic and anthropological scholars working in the Papuan arena.