Apalɨ | |
Also Known As: | Emerum |
Nativename: | Munga |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Madang Province |
Speakers: | 980 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
Fam2: | Madang |
Fam3: | Southern Adelbert |
Fam4: | Sogeram |
Fam5: | Central |
Iso3: | ena |
Glotto: | apal1256 |
Glottorefname: | Apali |
Apalɨ (Apal), or Emerum, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Akɨ and Acɨ are two dialects that are quite different from each other.
Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Open | pronounced as /link/ |
Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012).[2]
Apalɨ | ||
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| maŋgɨ ‘egg’ | |
| mapɨn | |
| mɨka | |
| mukum | |
| (Osum and Paynamar mira, Moresada merak) | |
| kɨm- | |
| (sa)kum ‘nape’ | |
| iman | |
| n | |
pMadang *na ‘ free pronoun’ | nama (cf. also na- ‘ ’) | |
pMadang *nu ‘ free pronoun’ | numbu (cf. also nu- ‘ ’) | |
| iŋg- (some other S Adelbert languages have niŋg-) | |
| human | |
| (?) hɨni- ‘be, stay, exist’ | |
| ani | |
| (?) mɨnɨ | |
| maßɨn | |
| iman | |
| (Acɨ dial.) takun (Z), (Akɨ dial.) lakun (W) | |
| kasɨŋ (Z) | |
| tɨpi (metath.) (Z) | |
| imbi (W) | |
| tɨmbɨ (W) | |
| sɨmbu ‘spit’ | |
| (Akɨ) simbilɨm, (Acɨ) cimbilɨm ‘placenta, navel, umbilical cord’ (W) | |
| susum ‘lower buttocks’ | |
| human (W) | |
| maβɨn (W) | |
| iaβaŋ (W) | |
| aβe ‘grandmother’ | |
| (?) afafaŋ (Z) | |
| hinji (W) | |
| hɨnjɨlɨ (W) | |
| tɨmbɨ (W, Z) | |
| (Acɨ dial.) takun (Z) | |
| lakun (W) | |
| lɨmbɨ(lami) ‘to thunder’ | |
| tɨpi (metath.) (Z) | |
| gɨtɨ (Z) | |
| (Akɨ) hutaŋ (W), (Acɨ) kutes (Z) | |
| sɨmbu ‘spit’ | |
| mɨka (W) | |
| sɨmbu ‘spit’ | |
| su ‘faeces’ | |
| (Akɨ) simbilɨm, (Acɨ) cimbilɨm (both W) | |
| susum (W) | |
| kasɨŋ (Z) | |
| maŋgɨ ‘egg’ | |
| i ŋg- ‘see’ | |
| mɨka (W) | |
| kɨm- ‘die’ | |
| (sa)kum ‘nape’ | |
| human (W) | |
| hɨnjɨlɨ (W) (cf. gɨndrɨ ‘root’ | |
| hɨnji (W) | |
| hɨni- ‘be, stay, exist’ | |
| hutaŋ (W) | |
| hɨmi- (W) | |
| gɨtɨ (Z) | |
| (Acɨ) mukum (W), Akɨ mɨhum (W) | |
| lakun (W) | |
| hɨnji (W) | |
| (?) lɨmbɨ(lami) (W) | |
| hɨndɨlɨ (W) (Z. gives gundru) |