Hatam–Mansim languages explained

Hatam–Mansim
Also Known As:Hatam–Moi Brai
Region:Eastern Bird's Head, Indonesian Papua
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:West Papuan?
Fam2:(extended) East Bird's Head
Child1:Hatam
Child2:Mansim (Borai)
Glotto:hata1242
Glottorefname:Hatam–Mansim

Hatam–Mansim is a small language family of Western New Guinea, consisting of two languages:

Ross (2005) tentatively classified Hatam as a branch of the West Papuan family, based on similarities in pronouns (he did not consider Mansim), but Glottolog continues to list Hatam–Mansim as an independent family.[1] Following Reesink (2002), Glottolog lists Mansim as a language distinct from Hattam: "comparisons of old wordlists (e.g. von der Gabelentz & Meyer 1882) readily confirm this difference."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hammarström. Harald. Forke. Robert. Haspelmath. Martin. Bank. Sebastian. 2020. Hatam-Mansim . Glottolog 4.3.
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices