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.
Languages There are six languages:
East South Bird's Head Kais (Kampong Baru) Iwaro–Kaburi Kaburi (Awe–Mareno) Puragi (Iwaro) Kokoda–Arandai Kokoda (Tarof, Kasuweri) Arandai Kemberano (Weriagar, Barau) Dombano (Tomu)
Proto-language Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! 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
References
External links Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head