The Tamolan languages are a small family of clearly related languages spoken in the region of the Guam River in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Languages The Tamolan languages are:
Tamolan Inapang (dialect continuum) Midsivindi Itutang (Isarikan) Yigavesakama Chini–Iski Akrukay (Chini) Iski (dialect continuum) Romkun Breri
Kominimung and Igana are said to also be Tamolan languages, but no data has been collected to establish that.
Tamolan is classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea.
Phonemes Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:New Guinea World, Guam River
! colspan="2" | !Bilabial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal | *m || *n || || *ŋ |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !plain | *p || *t || || *k |- !prenasalized | *ᵐb || *ⁿd || || *ᵑg |- ! colspan="2" |Affricate | |*ⁿdz
! colspan="2" |Fricative | |*s
! colspan="2" |Liquid | *w || *ɾ || *j || *ɣ |} Vowels are *i *ʉ *u *a.
Pronouns Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:
! !!sg!!du!!pl |- !1 | *uku || *aŋgʉ || *ani |- !2 | *un || *uŋgʉ || *uni |- !3 | *an, *ma || ? || ? |} Plus 1sg object *na.
Proto-Tamolan–Ataitan (Proto-Guam–Moam) is very similar, and nearly identical to Proto-Moam.
References
External links Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Guam River