Tonda languages

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Tonda
West Morehead River
Geographic
distribution
Southern New Guinea
Linguistic classification Yam
  • Tonda
Glottolog tond1250
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The Tonda languages form a branch of the Yam language family of southern New Guinea. There are over 10 languages. [1]

Contents

Tonda languages share some areal features are shared with the Kolopom languages. [2]

Languages

The Tonda languages are: [1] [3]

Tonda / West Morehead River

Notes (see Evans 2018: 681):

Numeral typology

Tonda languages are unique for their base-6 numeral systems, which likely originated from counting yams (rather than fingers or body parts as with most other languages). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. 1 2 Hammarström, Harald. (2009) Whence the Kanum Base-6 Numeral System?. Linguistic Typology 13(2). 305-319.
  3. West Morehead River

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