The Inland Gulf languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The unity of the languages was established by K. Franklin in 1969. Although the family as a whole is clearly valid, Ipiko is quite distinct from the other languages.
| Inland Gulf | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | inla1262 |
 Map: The Inland Gulf languages of New Guinea
The Inland Gulf languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Languages
edit- Inland Gulf family
- Ipiko language
- Minanibai branch: Minanibai (Foia Foia), Mubami (Tao), Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia – Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Karami was once included, due to a large number of loanwords from Minanibai, but is best left unclassified for now.
Mahigi is also included by Pawley and Hammarström (2018).[2]
Phonemes
editUsher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[3]
*m *n *p *t *k *b *d *g *ɸ *s *w [*ɾ] *j *ɣ̃
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.
Pronouns
editThe pronouns are:[3]
sg pl 1 *no *ni 2 *ɣ̃o *jo 3m *ete *eti 3f *etu
Evolution
editInland Gulf reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma:[2]
References
edit- ^ New Guinea World, Fly River
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b New Guinea World, Inland Gulf
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
External links
edit- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Inland Gulf