| Kemberano | |
|---|---|
| Weriagar, Barau | |
| Native to | West Papua, Indonesia |
| Region | Bird's Head Peninsula |
Native speakers | (2,500 including Dombano (possibly double counting) cited 1987) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bzp |
| Glottolog | kemb1235 |
  Kemberano  Kemberano  Kemberano | |
| Coordinates: 2°14′S132°59′E / 2.24°S 132.99°E | |
Kemberano is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia. [2]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | |
| prenasal/vd. | ᵐb ~ b | ⁿ̪d̪ ~ d̪ | dʑ | ᵑɡ ~ ɡ | |
| Fricative | β | ð | ɣ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Glide | (w) | (j) | |||
Prenasal sounds /ᵐb, ⁿ̪d̪, ᵑɡ/ are mostly heard as prenasal in word-initial position and as voiced stops [b, d̪, ɡ] elsewhere.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | (ə) | o |
| Low | a |
The five vowels /i, e, a, o, u/ can be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɑ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions. All of them may also be heard as a mid central [ə] in free variation in unstressed positions.
Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes: [2]
Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86):
pogi
pig
enat-i
one-M
‘one pig’
uroko
stone
enat-o
one-F
‘one stone’
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic, is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from c. 600 to c. 900. The main contemporary texts are dated c. 700–850; by 900 the language had already transitioned into early Middle Irish. Some Old Irish texts date from the 10th century, although these are presumably copies of texts written at an earlier time. Old Irish is forebear to Modern Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.
Kobon is a language of Papua New Guinea. It has somewhere around 90–120 verbs.
Kuman is a language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. In 1994, it was estimated that 80,000 people spoke Kuman, 10,000 of them monolinguals; in the 2000 census, 115,000 were reported, with few monolinguals. Ethnologue also reported 70,000 second language speakers in 2021.
Nso is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. The ISO 639-3 code is lns. Nso is spoken by over 100,000 people.
Anejom̃ or Aneityum is an Oceanic language spoken by 900 people on Aneityum Island, Vanuatu. It is the only indigenous language of Aneityum.
Sougb, or Sogh, is a Papuan language of the East Bird's Head language family spoken in the east of the Bird's Head Peninsula to the east of Meyah and to the south of Manokwari, including the area of Soug Jaya District, Teluk Wondama Regency. It consists of four dialects and is spoken by around 12,000 people in all. The language is alternatively known as Mantion, or Manikion, an originally derogatory term used by the Biak people.
Kâte is a Papuan language spoken by about 6,000 people in the Finschhafen District of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Finisterre–Huon branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family. It was adopted for teaching and mission work among speakers of Papuan languages by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea in the early 1900s and at one time had as many as 80,000 second-language speakers.
The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Maybrat is a Papuan language spoken in the central parts of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua.
The Kwaio language, or Koio, is spoken in the centre of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands. It is spoken by about 13,000 people.
Central Asmat is a Papuan language of West New Guinea, spoken by the Asmat people.
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Irarutu, Irahutu, or Kasira is an Austronesian language of most of the interior of the Bomberai Peninsula of north-western New Guinea in Teluk Bintuni Regency. The name Irarutu comes from the language itself, where ira conjoins with ru to create 'their voice'. When put together with tu, which on its own means 'true', the meaning of the name becomes 'Their true voice' or 'The people's true language'.
Ute is a dialect of the Colorado River Numic language, spoken by the Ute people. Speakers primarily live on three reservations: Uintah-Ouray in northeastern Utah, Southern Ute in southwestern Colorado, and Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. Ute is part of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Other dialects in this dialect chain are Chemehuevi and Southern Paiute. As of 2010, there were 1,640 speakers combined of all three dialects Colorado River Numic. Ute's parent language, Colorado River Numic, is classified as a threatened language, although there are tribally-sponsored language revitalization programs for the dialect.
Boazi (Bwadji), also known as Kuni after one of its dialects, is a Papuan language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea by the Bwadji people in the vicinity of Lake Murray and is written using the Latin script, with ⟨æ⟩ for, ⟨ø⟩ for, and ⟨꞉⟩ for vowel length. Some recordings of songs and stories have been made in this language.
Orokaiva is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.
Tungag, or Lavongai, is an Austronesian language of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, localized New Hanover, the native name of which is Lavongai.
Musom is an Austronesian language spoken in the single village of Musom in Labuta Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The other name for Musom is Misatik, given by the older generations because this was the name of the village that the ancestors settled on. Musom is currently an endangered language because native Musom speakers are continuing to marry other language speakers. Musom is also endangered because of its change in grammar and vocabulary due to its bi- and multilingualism. In the Musom village, other languages that Musom speakers may speak are Aribwuang and Duwet. In the Gwabadik village, because of intermarriages other languages that Musom speakers may speak are Nabak and Mesem.
Bunama is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)  | This article about Trans–New Guinea languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |