The East Pauwasi languages are a family of Papuan languages spoken in north-central New Guinea, on both sides of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border. They may either form part of a larger Pauwasi language family along with the Western Pauwasi languages, or they could form an independent language family.
Languages According to Timothy Usher, the East Pauwasi languages, which seem to form a dialect chain, are:NewGuineaWorld
East Pauwasi River Zorop (Yafi) Emem–Karkar Emem (Emumu) North Emem South Emem Karkar (Yuri)
Usher also identified the Karkar (Yuri) language as Pauwasi.
Lexical reconstruction Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-East Pauwasi by Usher (2020) are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Proto-East Pauwasi |- | head/hair || *mɛ |- | leaf/hair || *mbVwai |- | ear || *wVpi |- | eye || *ji |- | nose || *mɛi |- | seed/tooth || *jɔ |- | tongue || *mɜtaɺVp |- | foot/leg || *mbu |- | blood || *mɜp |- | bone || *ŋgVɺ |- | skin/bark || *apV, *jipi |- | breast || *mɵ̝m |- | louse || *jəmVɺ |- | pig || *pVɺ |- | bird || *and |- | egg || *jVn |- | tree || *naɺV, *waɺ |- | man/husband || *jɵ̝pɛ |- | woman || *VɺVm[i] |- | sun/sky || *jəmaɺ |- | moon || *juŋg |- | water || *Vnd |- | fire/wood || *jau |- | stone || *mbVɺi |- | path || *mVwai |- | name || *ɛi |- | eat/drink || *pɜɺ |- | one || *aŋgVtamb |- | two || *anVŋg
Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975),Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. məndai, məndini, mindimna for “head”) or not (e.g. kolk, əndai, gwane for “bone”).
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Language !! Emem !! Zorop !! Tebi !! Towei |- ! head | yebikol || məndai || məndini || mindimna |- ! hair | yebipai || mepai || məndini-teke; məndini- teke || mindi-teke |- ! ear | || waigi || faʔa || |- ! eye | yu || dji; ji || ei; i || ei |- ! nose | || məŋai || məndi || |- ! tooth | jokol || djurai; jurai || kle || kəreser |- ! tongue | || metaləp || klemalbo || |- ! leg | puke || fu(ŋi) || puŋwa || popnoa |- ! louse | yemare || jemar; yemar || mi || |- ! dog | ende || jendru; yendru || || |- ! pig | fər || sər || || |- ! bird | olmu || awe || lumu; olmu || yemu |- ! egg | yen || sen || alani; membi || jek |- ! blood | mobe || mob || teri; təri || edefi |- ! bone | kolk || əndai || gwane; gwano || pana |- ! skin | abe || fou; wu || ser || ser |- ! breast | || muam || mamu || |- ! tree | nare; walti || nare; war; wiŋgu || wejalgi; weyalgi || wemu |- ! man | yube || arab || toŋkwar || tokwar |- ! woman | || elim || keke || |- ! sun | yəmar || djəmar; jemar || maʔa || yimap |- ! moon | || djunk || wuluma || |- ! water | ende || djewek; yender || ai || eye |- ! fire | yau || dau; ju || we || we |- ! stone | yomei || andrur || kwola || mafi |- ! road, path | || mai || fiaʔa || |- ! name | ei || awei; djei; jei || kini || ken |- ! eat | fer || fel; fer || ne || nembra |- ! one | gərakam || aŋgətəwam; əŋətəwam || kərowali || giona |- ! two | anəŋgiar || anəŋgar || kre || krana
References
External links
Pauwasi languages database at TransNewGuinea.org