Nuclear South Bird's Head languages

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.[1]

Nuclear South Bird's Head
East South Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution		Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesian Papua
Linguistic classification? Trans–New Guinea
Glottologsout1516

Languages

There are six languages:[2]

Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:[3]

glossProto-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
  1. Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head
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