Nuclear South Bird's Head languages explained

Nuclear South Bird's Head
Also Known As:	East South Bird's Head
Region:	Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesian Papua
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	? Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	? Berau Gulf
Fam3:	? South Bird's Head
Glotto:	sout1516
Glottorefname:	South Bird's Head Family

The Nuclear South Bird's Head, Core South Bird's Head or East South Bird's Head languages form a small language family of western New Guinea. They either form part of a wider South Bird's Head language family, or may be an independent language family if not related to the Inanwatan and Konda–Yahadian languages.^[1]

Languages

There are six languages:^[2]

• East South Bird's Head
  • Kais (Kampong Baru)
  • Iwaro–Kaburi
    • Kaburi
    • Puragi (Iwaro)
  • Kokoda–Arandai
    • Kokoda (Tarof, Kasuweri)
    • Arandai
      • Kemberano (Weriagar, Barau)
      • Dombano (Tomu)

Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:^[3]

gloss	Proto-East South Bird's Head
body hair/feather	karar
ear	qer[aw]
nose	mitob
tooth	resin
tongue	nun
foot/leg	sor
blood	a[m/p]as
bone	toq
breast	did
louse	kon
bird	kanen
egg	wuk
tree	qemin
man	rabin
sun	teg[ed]
moon	mo[k/q]
water	sai
path	aum
one	onat
two	[ou]g

External links

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head

Notes and References

1. Book: Holton . Gary . Klamer . Marian . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird’s Head . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 569-640 . 978-3-11-028642-7.
2. Book: Pawley . Andrew . Hammarström . Harald . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Trans New Guinea family . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 21-196 . 978-3-11-028642-7.
3. Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head