The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family spoken around the Wharton Range in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages by Stephen Wurm (1975), but only tentatively retained there in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005) and removed entirely by Timothy Usher (2020).[2]
Goilalan | |
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Wharton Range | |
Geographic distribution | Wharton Range, Central Province, Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Binanderean–Goilalan[1]
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Map: The Goilalan languages of New Guinea
The Goilalan languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The languages are,[2]
The languages are clearly related, especially northern Biagai, Kunimaipa, and Weri, which might be considered divergent dialects.[citation needed]
Pronouns are:
Tauade also has the possessive pronouns ne-ve, ni-e.
The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1973, 1975, 1980), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[3]
gloss | Fuyug | Tauade |
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head | hul ha; ondobe | kɔrɔtɔ |
hair | are; hul haluma | awutu |
ear | gadolo | kepapaí |
eye | hul li; im | tavai |
nose | hul hunga; unge | kiːtʰ |
tooth | hul usi | nɔtɔvai |
tongue | hul asese | aivi |
leg | soga | lɔ'vai |
louse | hi | dautʰ |
dog | ho; oi | kɔveřa |
pig | ovo | pɔřu |
bird | Nemba; nembe | kide |
egg | hulombo | mutuwu |
blood | tana | il'iví |
bone | hude | keniví |
skin | hul hoda; ode | kɔtipai |
breast | hul duda | data |
tree | i'i | eata |
man | A'a; an | baře |
woman | Amu; amuri | iva |
sun | evuli | vatava |
moon | hama | ɔne |
water | ʒu | ipi |
fire | oki | e'na·m |
stone | zo | evi'ti |
road, path | enamba; inambe | bɔřiƀařa |
name | ifa | ape'te |
eat | huni nene | ɔmei nai |
one | fida | kɔne |
two | ʒuvalo | kupal'iai |
Fuyuge reflexes of purported proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[4]